| 100% | ATTACKEDBYTHEPRESS | 18 | The candidate tried to cover it up and was ___ |
| 44% | PROSPECT | 8 | Candidate for being brought up to the Majors |
| 43% | GOLF | 4 | Try it and you'll end up in the hole |
| 43% | SAND | 4 | It might be picked up from a trip to the beach |
| 43% | EROICABONAPARTE | 15 | Beethoven Symphony and the man it was linked to |
| 42% | PAPERSOVER | 10 | Tries to cover up |
| 41% | EDEN | 4 | It contained "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 41% | SLEIGH | 6 | (6/6) "And now it's time to prep the ___! The reindeer are gearing up for the big night--soon we'll be spreading joy and cheer, far and wide!" |
| 41% | KEEP | 4 | "... and try to ___ it all the year" (part 2) |
| 40% | YAHOO | 5 | Its first name was Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web |
| 40% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that, in 1981, was the first to feature Steve Jobs on its cover |
| 40% | LOVE | 4 | (4/7) "With ___ and gratitude as the appetizer, a feast awaits to be gobbled up." |
| 39% | INFIELDERS | 10 | Ones trying to cover all the bases |
| 39% | YOYO | 4 | Constantly dieting a lot and giving up, only to repeat the process again, is ___ dieting : Hyph. |
| 39% | TURKEYTROT | 10 | Dance to ragtime music in which birdlike movements are made with the shoulders and upper body |
| 39% | INNERDEMONS | 11 | Hell's Kitchen now requires its chefs to "dress the part" and they are affectionately called ...
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| 39% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | ROBERTSCOTT | 11 | British explorer who tried to beat 31-Across to the South Pole, and who didn't make it back: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BLAZEATRAIL | 11 | Be the first to accomplish something (and do it spectacularly!) |
| 39% | RISE | 4 | Get up and is about to go round |
| 39% | GOOGLE | 6 | Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O's toward the bottom of its webpages |
| 39% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 39% | PACE | 4 | Runners try to pick it up |
| 38% | NATURALGAS | 10 | Trinidad and Tobago resource that has led to it be one of the richest western countries per capita |
| 38% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 38% | CAMPAIGN | 8 | A candidate trying to get elected is on this trail |
| 38% | ROCKET | 6 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! Astronaut's fuel-powered vehicle that is launched up into the air |
| 38% | SPACE | 5 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! ___ shuttle, NASA's flying vehicle that is launched up into the air |
| 38% | FJORD | 5 | Northern Greenland's Independence off the Wandel Sea is about 120 miles long and up to 19 miles wide |
| 38% | SEDUCE | 6 | Try to get off the straight and narrow |