| 100% | FACTUM | 6 | Statement of what's known, in legalese |
| 50% | EVIL | 4 | What the Shadow knows lurks in the hearts of men |
| 49% | OMEN | 4 | Warning of what's in the future |
| 48% | THIS | 4 | What's in front of you |
| 47% | DEES | 4 | What's in the middle of "middle" |
| 47% | VEE | 3 | What's in the middle of Nashville? |
| 46% | ROPE | 4 | What's tugged in tug of war |
| 46% | ESS | 3 | What's right in front of the tee? |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Warning of what's coming in the future |
| 46% | WORD | 4 | What's revealed in a game of hangman |
| 45% | ODOMETER | 8 | What's manipulated in the crime known as "clocking" |
| 45% | EDAM | 4 | What's wrapped up in the whole ball of wax? |
| 45% | MTETNA | 6 | What's found on a couple of plates in Italy? |
| 45% | LONGU | 5 | What's found in the center of a prune? |
| 44% | INOUTLIST | 9 | Catalog of what's trendy and what's not in the new year |
| 44% | NUT | 3 | What's ''cracked'' in each of the four star-paired answers |
| 43% | AWE | 3 | "I am in ___ of you!" (fan's statement) |
| 43% | SEERS | 5 | They know what's in the cards |
| 43% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit-flavored candy … or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle |
| 43% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N Is for" in one of Sue Grafton's titles |
| 42% | FAIRSHAKE | 9 | Equitable treatment ... and what's literally found in each set of circles |
| 42% | SEACHANGE | 9 | Dramatic shift ... or what's literally found in each set of circles? |
| 42% | SAT | 3 | What S stands for in "SNL," for short |
| 41% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ (aware of what's happening) |
| 41% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 41% | MADDASH | 7 | Frantic rush, and what's literally found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 41% | WHITE | 5 | What the color of Bing Crosby's Christmas is, in a 1942 song? |
| 41% | SECRETADMIRER | 13 | Unidentified sender of what's hidden in 20-, 36-, and 42-Across |
| 41% | SPIT | 4 | What the nests in bird's-nest soup are made of |