| 100% | PHONICS | 7 | Subject that teaches the varying "ch" sounds of "cheap," "chaos" and "charade" |
| 41% | AAA | 3 | Sound of the letter "A" that stands for "affectionate" and "attentive" (qualities of a dad) |
| 39% | ELSIE | 5 | Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet |
| 37% | NBA | 3 | League that was the subject of the docuseries “Shut Up and Dribble”: Abbr. |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that makes the sound of the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 37% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| 37% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | OED | 3 | Ref. that's the subject of the book The Professor and the Madman |
| 37% | BAHAI | 5 | Faith that teaches the unity of all races |
| 37% | ARTIE | 5 | Nickname that sounds like the 18th letter of the alphabet and the 20th letter of the alphabet |
| 36% | GEE | 3 | Sound of the letter that follows "eff" |
| 36% | TEE | 3 | Sound of the letter that follows "S" |
| 36% | TRIG | 4 | Math course that teaches the law of sines, for short |
| 36% | TRIG | 4 | Math course that teaches the law of cosines, for short |
| 36% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between U and W |
| 36% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between "U" and "W" |
| 36% | ESS | 3 | Sound of the letter between "R" and "T" |
| 35% | SEX | 3 | ___ education (class that teaches "the birds and the bees") |
| 35% | ECONOMICS | 9 | Subject that deals with the wealth of nations, say |
| 35% | TEE | 3 | Sound of the letter stuck between "S" and "U" |
| 35% | MARIAVONTRAPP | 13 | "The Sound of Music" role that earned Mary Martin a Best Actress Tony for playing the governess and stepmother to seven children: 3 wds. |
| 35% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Subject that calls for the use of a Bunsen burner |
| 35% | MATH | 4 | Subject that requires the use of a calculator, for short |
| 34% | HERSTORY | 8 | Subject that includes women's suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment |
| 34% | ELSA | 4 | Lion that was the subject of the book "Born Free" and that is buried in Kenya's Meru National Park |
| 34% | SEXED | 5 | Class that teaches about the birds and the bees |
| 34% | CRASH | 5 | Sound of cymbals, and what the starred answers might do |
| 34% | PURR | 4 | Contented sound of a cat that got the cream |
| 34% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | Subject of the 15th and 19th Amendments |
| 34% | SEX | 3 | Subject of the birds and the bees talk |