| 100% | BOARDWALK | 9 | The Drifters sang about being under it |
| 46% | SUBFLOOR | 8 | It is under the rug |
| 45% | URANIUMORE | 10 | It may be found under the counter |
| 44% | HONGKONG | 8 | It was under the Union Jack until 1999 |
| 44% | RUG | 3 | It may be under the sofa |
| 44% | WAD | 3 | It may be under the table |
| 43% | LSD | 3 | It was once sold medically under the commercial name Delysid |
| 43% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | The first rule is that you do not talk about it |
| 43% | GIANTSQUID | 10 | Its 31-Down is about the size of a dinner plate |
| 42% | EARNEST | 7 | Oscar Wilde wrote about The Importance of Being it |
| 42% | CFT | 3 | The Marine's “Maneuver Under Fire” drill is part of it (abbr.) |
| 42% | LOOSECHANGE | 11 | It may be found under sofa cushions, or in the circled letters |
| 41% | METADATA | 8 | Information about a file, such as the date it was created |
| 41% | MILE | 4 | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| 40% | MOUSE | 5 | It might be under the paw of a cat ... or a computer user |
| 40% | SLOWRIDE | 8 | 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" |
| 39% | TEA | 3 | About which Orwell wrote "The best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes" |
| 39% | OATH | 4 | Some people are under it |
| 39% | PAR | 3 | Golfers want to be under it |
| 39% | ENYA | 4 | One-name Irish singer who sang "May It Be" for "The Fellowship of the Ring" |
| 39% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | AILS | 4 | Is under the weather |
| 39% | AIL | 3 | Be under the weather |
| 39% | AILED | 5 | Was under the weather |
| 39% | FEELILL | 7 | Be under the weather |
| 38% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is It," theme song sung by Polly Cutter in the 1975 series "One Day at a Time" |
| 38% | TAX | 3 | “Cheese ___” (viral TikTok song about the fee that a dog demands when its owner is cooking) |
| 38% | AIL | 3 | Be under the weather, say |
| 38% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Redhead Brit singer who sang about being Perfect |
| 38% | LIESL | 5 | Von Trapp girl who sang about being 16 |