| 100% | TARED | 5 | Taken into account in terms of a container's weight |
| 42% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |
| 40% | LAMER | 5 | Less amusing, in terms of a joke |
| 38% | ANNUALFEE | 9 | Term in a bank's Account Terms |
| 37% | DOM | 3 | Term of address in a monastery |
| 37% | FRA | 3 | Term of address in a monastery |
| 37% | BRO | 3 | Term of endearment in a fraternity |
| 37% | BABE | 4 | Term of affection in a relationship |
| 37% | SIX | 3 | Number of years in a US senator's term |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | A person's lifetime, in terms of years |
| 37% | OGEE | 4 | Type of weight-driven clock originating in the 1830s featuring a wooden case with S-shaped outer edges |
| 37% | TARE | 4 | Weight of a container on a scale |
| 36% | DEAR | 4 | Term of affection used in a relationship |
| 36% | CLOY | 4 | Being too sweet in terms of affection towards a person |
| 35% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | EON | 3 | Something unimaginable that's a blink of an eye in cosmological terms |
| 35% | OBSESS | 6 | Take hold of, in a way |
| 35% | BREATHEDDEEPLY | 14 | Took a lot of air in! |
| 35% | USE | 3 | Take advantage of, in a way |
| 35% | MEDS | 4 | Contents of a container with S/M/T/W/T/F/S compartments |
| 35% | WARMFRONT | 9 | Edge of a balmy air mass, in meteorological terms |
| 34% | KENT | 4 | Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial |
| 34% | NUCLEUS | 7 | Container of genetic material in a cell |
| 34% | WATERED | 7 | Took care of houseplants, in a way |
| 34% | MADEHAY | 7 | Took advantage of sunshine, in a way |
| 34% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 34% | ACTS | 4 | Parts of a play, or takes part in a play |
| 34% | UNHAT | 5 | Take the top off of, in a way |
| 34% | AERATE | 6 | Take care of the lawn, in a way |
| 34% | OWNSIT | 6 | Takes control of the narrative, in a way |