| 100% | SANITY | 6 | The ability to think & behave in a rational manner |
| 51% | PRIM | 4 | To behave in a very sophisticated manner |
| 48% | SANELY | 6 | In a rational manner |
| 45% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| 45% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues |
| 45% | ACQUITONESELF | 13 | Behave in a creditable manner |
| 43% | FLUENCY | 7 | The ability to accurately speak a foreign language |
| 43% | AGENCY | 6 | The ability to act freely, in philosophy |
| 43% | FORESIGHT | 9 | The ability to predict what happens in the future |
| 43% | ACTTHEPART | 10 | Behave in a way suitable to one's situation |
| 42% | BALLJOINT | 9 | *Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 42% | BALLJOINT | 9 | Car part that works in a similar manner to the human hip |
| 42% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 42% | EERILY | 6 | In a manner designed to chill |
| 42% | GIRLPOWER | 9 | Slogan thought to have originated in a 1991 zine by the punk band Bikini Kill |
| 42% | STAMINA | 7 | The ability to keep on going for a very long time |
| 41% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |
| 41% | FORONCE | 7 | In a rare exception to the rule |
| 41% | OLFACTION | 9 | Ability to smell through receptors in the nose |
| 41% | FLUIDITY | 8 | The ability of a substance to flow easily |
| 40% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 40% | CAPROOM | 7 | Ability to add to the payroll, in sports lingo |
| 40% | FORESIGHT | 9 | Ability to predict what will happen in the future |
| 40% | PAINTERLY | 9 | In a manner similar to a brush-wielding artist |
| 40% | TACT | 4 | Ability to say unpleasant things in a nice way |
| 40% | WHITEHOPE | 9 | Term for heavyweight boxers thought to have a chance of ending Jack Johnson's dominance of the division in the 1910s |
| 40% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 40% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __, means getting to the point in few words |
| 40% | ONSIDE | 6 | In a legal position to play the ball, in soccer |
| 40% | AISLES | 6 | Passages in a church, parallel to the nave |