| 100% | LIFE | 4 | The ___ and soul of the party (center of activity) |
| 72% | EXTROVERT | 9 | Outgoing life and soul of the party |
| 51% | NARA | 4 | Japanese tourist center and site of the Kasugayama Primeval Forest |
| 51% | SPA | 3 | Soothing the body and soul center |
| 51% | KIA | 3 | Maker of the Soul and Optima |
| 51% | BULLSEYE | 8 | The center of the target in darts and archery |
| 50% | KIA | 3 | Maker of the Optima and Soul cars |
| 50% | KIA | 3 | Maker of the Sportage and Soul models |
| 50% | BTS | 3 | Septet with the #1 albums "Be" and "Map of the Soul: 7" |
| 50% | PITS | 4 | Stones in the centers of peaches and plums |
| 49% | DUALISM | 7 | Belief in the separate entities of body and soul |
| 49% | SOCA | 4 | Mixture of soul and calypso music of the Caribbean |
| 49% | TACKLESHOP | 10 | Place catering to the left and right of center? |
| 49% | AVIV | 4 | Tel ___, the financial center and technology hub of Israel |
| 49% | COMMERCE | 8 | The activity of buying and selling goods |
| 49% | EXPLORING | 9 | The primary activity of Lewis and Clark |
| 48% | KNEECAP | 7 | Protective bone at the front and center of a leg |
| 48% | TIMETABLE | 9 | List of activities and the times they'll be done |
| 48% | SNOOPING | 8 | Activity of Harriet the Spy and Nancy Drew |
| 48% | LEGALESE | 8 | Party of the first part and party of the second part, e.g. |
| 48% | NCAA | 4 | Org. at the center of modern "name, image and likeness" legislation |
| 47% | LINEDANCING | 11 | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 47% | EVANESCENCE | 11 | (n.) the heart and soul of skater Lysacek, or actress Rachel Wood, or politician Bayh, etc. |
| 47% | CALF | 4 | Center of a Venn diagram for "Baby animals" and "Parts of the human body" |
| 47% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 46% | NINASIMONE | 10 | “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” singer nicknamed the High Priestess of Soul |
| 46% | BARR | 4 | Comic who was the 2012 presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party |
| 46% | BREWSTER | 8 | Surname of the family at the center of "17-Across and 58-Across" |
| 46% | BTS | 3 | K-pop group whose albums include "Map of the Soul: 7" and "Be" |
| 46% | CUBANO | 6 | Sandwich at the center of a long-running rivalry between Miami and Tampa |