| 100% | MAINMEMORY | 10 | The CPU has direct access to it |
| 45% | LOOP | 4 | It has the end connected to the beginning |
| 44% | PITCH | 5 | It has the potential to be a hit |
| 44% | CURIOSITY | 9 | It's said to have killed the cat |
| 43% | OTTER | 5 | It's said to have the thickest fur of any mammal |
| 41% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| 41% | LISTEN | 6 | You don't have to face the music to do it |
| 41% | MAE | 3 | West with the autobiography "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" |
| 41% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 40% | WAR | 3 | "Only the dead" have seen its end, according to George Santayana |
| 40% | CHARLESTON | 10 | The Capital of the only US state to have its sovereignty proclaimed by a president |
| 40% | KICKME | 6 | Sign unlikely to have been written by the person it is attached to |
| 40% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud." (stop at an early stage) |
| 40% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud" (stop at an early stage) |
| 40% | PRESSPASS | 9 | It may give you access to the briefing room |
| 40% | ENRON | 5 | It once had naming rights to the Astros' home |
| 39% | MENU | 4 | It might have the heading "To Share" |
| 39% | AMERICANDREAM | 13 | “It’s called the ___ ’cause you have to be asleep to believe it”: George Carlin |
| 39% | INS | 3 | "You have to know the ___ and outs of this machine to use it properly." |
| 39% | SKIPASS | 7 | Access to the slopes |
| 39% | CRAWLSPACE | 10 | Access to the plumbing |
| 38% | ADIT | 4 | Access to the Comstock Lode |
| 38% | GOA | 3 | Org, founded in 1975 that, according to its website, has "never wavered from its mission to defend the Second Amendment" (abbr.) |
| 38% | LAW | 3 | It's said to have a long arm, with "the" |
| 37% | AMAN | 4 | "It's So Nice to Have ___ Around the House" |
| 37% | AIRLINEFOOD | 11 | Set to disrupt the toupee industry, research on a newly discovered supplement has earned it the nickname ...
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| 37% | WIRE | 4 | "Down to the ___," common phrase meaning "until the last minute," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning, football quarterback who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl four times |
| 37% | MARSHAL | 7 | ___ Yanda, football guard who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl eight times |
| 37% | RING | 4 | "That has the ___ of truth to it" |