| 100% | GED | 3 | Tests you can take that may later be of interest to a high school dropout, perhaps (abbr.) |
| 33% | TENT | 4 | Camping shelter that you may want to take along on a day of trekking |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | Letters that might be sent to a late date |
| 30% | APEXAM | 6 | Challenging high school test that may lead to college credit |
| 30% | STRAY | 5 | Dog or cat that might be taken to a shelter |
| 30% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 30% | UFO | 3 | Vehicle that may be a part of alien conspiracy theories: Abbr. |
| 30% | IDS | 3 | Student ___ (cards that might be needed to get a discount): Abbr. |
| 30% | EKG | 3 | Test that might be ordered by a cardiologist: Abbr. |
| 29% | REM | 3 | Sleep phase that might be the subject of a sleep study: Abbr. |
| 29% | RENAL | 5 | Of interest to a nephrologist, perhaps |
| 29% | DEPOSIT | 7 | You can take that to the bank |
| 29% | NOPUNINTENDED | 13 | Comment that might follow "I used to be a banker until I lost interest" |
| 29% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 29% | GRE | 3 | Test that students have to take for getting into graduate schools: Abbr. |
| 29% | PERSONALITY | 11 | You might think that a new one will lead to 40-Across |
| 29% | SECRETCRUSH | 11 | Romantic interest that might only be told to a diary |
| 29% | RBI | 3 | Stat that a baseball slugger wants to be high: Abbr. |
| 29% | MIC | 3 | Part of a headphone that can be spoken through: Abbr. |
| 29% | ESL | 3 | Course that a newcomer to the US might take: Abbr. |
| 29% | BEET | 4 | "Mom, you can't be ___!" something a red root veggie may say to its mom |
| 29% | EXAM | 4 | Test that might be worth a large percentage of a semester's grade |
| 28% | INT | 3 | Stat that a QB doesn't want to be high: Abbr. |
| 28% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 28% | STAIN | 5 | Spot that could be tough to get out of a shirt |
| 28% | USB | 3 | Most selective higher ed. school in Venezuela which admits only the 95th percentile of those taking its admission test (abbr.) |
| 28% | SALT | 4 | A "seasoned" skeptic may ask you to take things with a grain of this |
| 28% | ORCA | 4 | Predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus |
| 28% | ALPS | 4 | Before leaving, maybe you could take a ski vacation in this mountain range that is partially located within France (3/3) |
| 28% | MED | 3 | Deg. that will help if you're hoping to be a high school principal |