| 100% | EMPHASIS | 8 | Stress on a word or syllable |
| 83% | ACCENT | 6 | Stress of emphasis placed on a word or syllable |
| 71% | MINUTE | 6 | Word that's either a unit of time or an adjective, depending on which syllable you stress |
| 55% | EMPHASIS | 8 | Stress placed on a word |
| 55% | TITLE | 5 | Word or phrase on a book's spine |
| 54% | TITLE | 5 | Words on a cover or spine |
| 53% | LOFAT | 5 | Word on a yogurt or milk container (Hyph.) |
| 51% | SPONDEE | 7 | A poetic foot of two long or stressed syllables |
| 50% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 50% | TOPSECRET | 9 | Words on a classified document or a child’s diary |
| 48% | BARBECUESKEWER | 14 | Stick on a grill, or what passes through this puzzle's circled words? |
| 48% | EMPHASIS | 8 | Highlighting puts this, or stress, on words |
| 48% | ROLL | 4 | Word after honor or on a |
| 46% | RANT | 4 | *Go on a tirade ... or a word used with 25d to mean shout and complain angrily |
| 46% | YOUAREHERE | 10 | Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle |
| 46% | MISERY | 6 | Word that sounds like a state when accented on the second syllable rather than the first |
| 45% | SILENTLY | 8 | Without a word or quietly |
| 45% | ROLL | 4 | Word after spring or summer on a menu |
| 45% | AHA | 3 | Cry stressed on its second syllable |
| 45% | SENSE | 5 | Meaning of a word or expression |
| 45% | TYPE | 4 | Work on a Word document, maybe |
| 45% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 44% | NEOLOGY | 7 | Action of inventing a word or phrase |
| 44% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 44% | ABOARD | 6 | On a ship or train? |
| 44% | ABOARD | 6 | On a train or plane |
| 44% | SEATED | 6 | On a sofa or bench |
| 44% | FIGUREHEAD | 10 | Carved decoration on a ship's prow ... or a hint to the first word of 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 43% | ERR | 3 | Misspell a word or drop a ball, perhaps |
| 43% | EDIT | 4 | Put in a word or two, maybe more? |