| 100% | COMEDY | 6 | Stand Up __, gig where a funny person has the mic |
| 44% | OLIGARCHY | 9 | Government where a few people have all the power |
| 38% | HUMOR | 5 | Funny people have a strong sense of this |
| 37% | HOMEICE | 7 | Where a hockey team has the advantage |
| 36% | EDITOR | 6 | This person has the final say at a newspaper |
| 36% | HOMETOWN | 8 | City where a person grew up |
| 36% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Place where a person grew up |
| 36% | CHILDHOODHOME | 13 | Place where a person grows up |
| 35% | BAR | 3 | Where a person in charge is making the rounds? |
| 34% | READEMANDWEEP | 13 | Declaration from a person playing poker in a situation where the opponents think they have it in the bag [67-Across: "I win!"] |
| 33% | KARAOKEBAR | 10 | Where one might have a mic and a Michelob |
| 33% | CRIMINAL | 8 | A person who has broken the law, a crook |
| 33% | TWIN | 4 | Person who has a sibling with the same birthday |
| 33% | HOMELAND | 8 | The place where a person is from |
| 33% | BOXFISH | 7 | The horn-nose __ has a huge nose like a person |
| 33% | ANGLES | 6 | A square has four "right" ones where the sides meet |
| 33% | ALTAR | 5 | Where the bride and groom stand at a wedding, often |
| 33% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the upper part showing, as a heraldic beast |
| 33% | TRAGEDY | 7 | Play where the protagonist has a sad ending |
| 33% | ONME | 4 | Words from a person picking up the tab |
| 33% | STRATEGO | 8 | Game where the pieces have a Napoleonic insignia |
| 32% | AGELIMIT | 8 | The Senate has a lower one but not an upper one |
| 32% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle that picks people up at a taxi stand |
| 32% | IDLE | 4 | A state where the person is without purpose or is avoiding work |
| 32% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in one of Aesop's fables |
| 32% | LIEIN | 5 | Protest where people do and don't take a stand? |
| 32% | STAIR | 5 | Place where one might have to get a leg up |
| 32% | ARCING | 6 | Having the trajectory of a pop-up hit |
| 31% | BELIEFS | 7 | Convictions a person has about the meaning of life |
| 31% | DROLLMODEL | 10 | Person you are supposed to look up to who always has a whimsical demeanor? |