| 100% | PEANUT | 6 | Take their words with a grain of salt: __ Gallery |
| 60% | ATE | 3 | Took something with a grain of salt, maybe |
| 57% | IMNOEXPERT | 10 | “Take this with a grain of salt . . .” |
| 54% | IANAL | 5 | "Take my legal advice with a grain of salt," online |
| 53% | ORSO | 4 | "___ they say" ("Take it with a grain of salt"): 2 wds. |
| 46% | PLINY | 5 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" |
| 42% | SALT | 4 | Take each of the starred answers with a grain of it |
| 42% | TEQUILOTS | 9 | They may be taken with grains of salt |
| 38% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 38% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 38% | TEST | 4 | Word with stress, or a common source of stress |
| 38% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 38% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 37% | SALT | 4 | A "seasoned" skeptic may ask you to take things with a grain of this |
| 37% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 36% | NOTI | 4 | Words said with a look of innocence |
| 36% | CITIZEN | 7 | Word with "ship" to signify the status of belonging to a country |
| 36% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "time" to indicate a period of someone's life, perhaps |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 26-Across, last words of a story |
| 36% | THE | 3 | With 1-Across, last words of a story |
| 36% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 36% | MAAM | 4 | Word said with a tip of the hat |
| 35% | TITAN | 5 | Person with a lot of power in their industry |
| 35% | SENTENCE | 8 | A string of words, with a subject and verb |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 56-Across, last words of a fairy tale |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 60-Across, last words of a fairy tale |
| 35% | WITHA | 5 | “Take it ___ grain of salt” |
| 35% | HAIL | 4 | Word of praise or a weather condition with ice pellets |
| 35% | CENSORS | 7 | Removers of objectionable words with a blue pencil |
| 35% | RAP | 3 | Music genre with a lot of spoken word |