| 100% | ASCENSION | 9 | The act of rising to an important position |
| 46% | STANDS | 6 | Rises to an upright position |
| 46% | STAND | 5 | Rise to an upright position |
| 44% | PROPOSAL | 8 | The act of asking someone to marry you |
| 44% | TRUANCY | 7 | The act of purposefully not going to school |
| 44% | MATING | 6 | The act of animals coming together to breed |
| 44% | PROMOTION | 9 | The act of being raised in position or rank |
| 43% | ASCENSION | 9 | Rise to a position of importance |
| 43% | CHARITIES | 9 | Acts of aid to the needy |
| 42% | BREVITY | 7 | Act of being short and to the point |
| 41% | COINTOSS | 8 | Act of throwing money around to resolve an issue? |
| 41% | TREND | 5 | Rise to the top of a news feed, say |
| 41% | TREND | 5 | Rise to the top of a Twitter feed, say |
| 41% | TRENDS | 6 | Rises to the top of a news feed, say |
| 41% | DURAL | 5 | Relating to an area of the brain |
| 41% | GLOTTAL | 7 | Pertaining to an opening of the larynx |
| 41% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Rose to fame as the lead singer of The Supremes |
| 41% | TREND | 5 | Rise to the top of a Twitter news feed, say |
| 40% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 40% | OFF | 3 | Prefix with "side" to mean an important rule in the game of soccer |
| 39% | APPROPRIATION | 13 | Act of taking a property without having the right to do so |
| 39% | PARALLAX | 8 | The apparent change in position of an object |
| 39% | SIDE | 4 | To the left or right of an object |
| 39% | ARSON | 5 | In criminal law, the act of intentionally setting fire to property for some improper reason |
| 39% | OXYGEN | 6 | Gas that's an important part of the air we breathe |
| 39% | ENEMY | 5 | Orc, to an Elf, in the "Lord of the Rings" series |
| 39% | TUDOR | 5 | House that rose to power after the War of the Roses |
| 39% | TRIO | 4 | An act of three, such as the Bee Gees |
| 39% | INTEGRAL | 8 | Important to the way it works; anagram of triangle |
| 38% | BOTTOM | 6 | "Get to the ___ of..." (find an explanation) |