| 100% | SPYHOP | 6 | Springing bounce in tall grasses, as by an animal, to view the surroundings |
| 34% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |
| 32% | PYGMYHIP | 8 | Animal given to Calvin Coolidge in 1927 as an exotic pet |
| 32% | ALLERGY | 7 | Sneezing in the spring is from an __ to pollen |
| 32% | ELIDE | 5 | Fail to pronounce, as the "g" in an "-ing" word |
| 30% | ASTOR | 5 | Nancy —, first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons |
| 30% | OZMA | 4 | Princess raised as a boy by the witch Mombi, in an L. Frank Baum series |
| 29% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | REEDS | 5 | Tall grasses in the water |
| 29% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | DEANJONES | 9 | "The Love Bug" actor who played Wilby Daniels as an adult in the sequel to 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ELEVATOR | 8 | "Love in an ___," song by Aerosmith that describes the exciting ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower |
| 29% | STUBBED | 7 | Like an injured toe, often as a result of wandering to the washroom at three in the morning |
| 29% | THESOUTH | 8 | 1990 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to Barcelona in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 28% | BROOKLYN | 8 | 2009 novel by 38-Across about an Irish woman who moves to New York in the 1950s (2 wds.) |
| 28% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 28% | DUSTBATH | 8 | An animal rolling in dry earth to clean itself |
| 28% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 27% | APOCRYPHA | 9 | Books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in certain versions of the Bible |
| 27% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DOUBLEBOOK | 10 | Reserve twice in error, as an airline seat ... or a hint to the two-part answers to starred clues |
| 27% | PHOTOKINESIS | 12 | Movement made by an organism in response to light |
| 27% | GIRAFFES | 8 | The tallest beasts in the animal kingdom |
| 27% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | The right to vote in an election |
| 27% | ALENE | 5 | The "A" in CDA, to an Idahoan |
| 27% | MISTLETOE | 9 | Plant kept under the pillow by singletons in an Irish New Year's Eve tradition to help them dream of their future partners |
| 26% | OTTER | 5 | Animal in the same family as the wolverine |
| 26% | DRIBBLE | 7 | In basketball, to bounce the ball while moving |