| 100% | LATESTYLE | 9 | Term used by Edward Said to describe the final phase of an artist’s career |
| 43% | ERAS | 4 | Phases of an artist's career, say |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | Phase of an artist's career |
| 34% | PLOT | 4 | Term used to describe the storyline of a TV show |
| 34% | FINALE | 6 | Term used to describe the last episode of a TV show |
| 31% | IKEA | 4 | Company said to use about 1% of the world's wood supply |
| 30% | SEC | 3 | Term used to describe Champagne of medium sweetness |
| 30% | UPRIGHTS | 8 | Term to describe the vertical part of goalposts |
| 29% | SAVED | 5 | ___ by the bell, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| 29% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable that's used to describe the smallest size of hail |
| 29% | MEDIEVAL | 8 | Term used to describe the Middle Ages in Europe |
| 29% | BEAU | 4 | Term often used to describe the boyfriend |
| 28% | ASS | 3 | Jawbone of an ___ (weapon used by Samson, in the Bible) |
| 28% | NEGOTIATE | 9 | To discuss the terms of an agreement via debate |
| 28% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 28% | CAMEO | 5 | Term used to describe a brief appearance by a celebrity in a TV show |
| 28% | RECAP | 5 | Term used to summarize the previous episode at the beginning of a TV show |
| 28% | BOSC | 4 | Fruit variety whose name becomes that of an artist when you add an H to the end |
| 27% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Swithen, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "The Fifth Quarter" |
| 27% | SPRIGHTLY | 9 | Lively, term used to describe the active elderly |
| 27% | RENTS | 5 | Pays to use by the day, say |
| 27% | RENTS | 5 | Pays to use by the month, say |
| 27% | EVANS | 5 | Beryl ___, pseudonym used by the author of "Carrie" to publish "Charlie the Choo-Choo" |
| 27% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 27% | GOESALLIN | 9 | Pushes an entire stack of chips to the pot, say |
| 27% | SIGN | 4 | Use a closed fist to represent the letter S, say |
| 27% | BEAU | 4 | Another term often used to describe the Boyfriend |
| 27% | DUMA | 4 | Word used to describe the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament (before 1917) |
| 27% | MENSA | 5 | Group described by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 27% | TORY | 4 | Term used in the American Revolution to describe those who remained loyal to the British Crown and government |