| 100% | AUSPICES | 8 | Support, such as the Medici patronage of artists |
| 44% | EFT | 3 | Terrestrial newt such as the red — of North America |
| 43% | TREEFROG | 8 | Arboreal amphibian such as the gray — of the US and Canada |
| 43% | ALCAZAR | 7 | Moorish castle or palace in Spain such as the — of Segovia |
| 43% | OARFISH | 7 | Elongated marine fish such as the king of herrings or giant — |
| 43% | OPERAS | 6 | Works such as The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville |
| 43% | PIP | 3 | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| 43% | SALMON | 6 | Soft-finned food fish such as the sockeye of the Pacific Ocean |
| 42% | DITTANY | 7 | Aromatic plant such as the pink-flowered — of Crete |
| 42% | SEABASS | 7 | Food and sport fish such as the black — of the US Atlantic coast |
| 42% | MOTIF | 5 | Recurring phrase, such as the first four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony |
| 42% | PLANE | 5 | Tree such as the American — or Oriental — with ball-shaped heads of fruit |
| 42% | MEGAFAUNA | 9 | Overlarge animals, such as mammoths of the Ice Age |
| 42% | ICEPLANT | 8 | Succulent such as the Hottentot fig of South Africa |
| 41% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 41% | SASS | 4 | Comments such as "You're not the boss of me!" |
| 41% | ARTHRITIS | 9 | Disease such as gout which causes inflammation of the joints |
| 41% | SETPIECE | 8 | Carefully planned movie scene such as the "Ride of the Valkyries" attack in "Apocalypse Now" |
| 40% | OCEAN | 5 | Body of water such as the Atlantic |
| 40% | BAY | 3 | Body of water such as the Chesapeake |
| 40% | MORRISSEY | 9 | Artist known as the Pope of Mope |
| 40% | IDE | 3 | Chemical suffix, such as at the end of salt's chemical name |
| 40% | GALAXY | 6 | Group of stars such as the Milky Way |
| 40% | PHASE | 5 | Period of time such as the "terrible twos" |
| 40% | REMORA | 6 | Elongated marine fish such as the Common — with a sucking disc on the top of its head |
| 40% | ENYA | 4 | Artist regarded as the "Queen of New Age" |
| 39% | INTERMISSION | 12 | Break ... such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across? |
| 39% | ENT | 3 | Forest creature, such as Treebeard, from the work of J R R Tolkien |
| 39% | DURER | 5 | Albrecht —, painter and engraver regarded as the greatest artist of the German renaissance |
| 39% | ARTSCHOOL | 9 | Place of learning such as the Bauhaus or Slade |