| 100% | LION | 4 | Sphinx or griffin, in part |
| 52% | LION | 4 | Sphinx, in part |
| 50% | ROLE | 4 | Part in a play or movie |
| 49% | ROLE | 4 | Part in a play or TV show |
| 49% | ROLE | 4 | Part in a play or a movie |
| 48% | CENTRE | 6 | Part or point in the middle |
| 47% | BOXCARS | 7 | Parts of a train, or two sixes in craps |
| 47% | LENS | 4 | Camera part that zooms in or out |
| 47% | PETALS | 6 | Dried flower parts in tea or potpourri |
| 46% | ACTS | 4 | Parts of a play, or takes part in a play |
| 46% | BEAD | 4 | Round part in an abacus or a necklace |
| 46% | REED | 4 | Thin musical part in a clarinet or oboe |
| 46% | BRINJAL | 7 | An aubergine or eggplant in parts of Asia |
| 45% | KNEE | 4 | Body part that bends in a sit or squat |
| 45% | DACAPO | 6 | Musical instruction that a piece be repeated, in part or whole, from the beginning |
| 44% | COMPETE | 7 | Take part in, participate in a sports race or game |
| 43% | FLAPPER | 7 | Fashionable woman in the 1920s, or part of a toilet valve |
| 43% | BACKBEAT | 8 | Part of a song that is given a stronger accent in clubs or parties |
| 43% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 41% | ASUNDER | 7 | In parts |
| 41% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a performance of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part |
| 41% | RISSOLE | 7 | Snack is small in part |
| 41% | KATHY | 5 | Griffin in comedy |
| 41% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 40% | EST | 3 | Part or all of 22 states in the US spend part of the year observing this (abbr.) |
| 40% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a legato performance of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part |
| 40% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | WEED | 4 | Wacky tobacky, in part |
| 40% | DIAMOND | 7 | Baseball field, in part |
| 40% | GEMS | 4 | Pirate treasure, in part |