| 100% | HOPE | 4 | The feeling of "being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness," per Desmond Tutu |
| 86% | HOPE | 4 | ___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness: Desmond Tutu |
| 33% | YERTLE | 6 | Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!" |
| 32% | BLINDNESS | 9 | The condition of not being able to see |
| 32% | SEATS | 5 | All of the ___ at the movie were taken, there was no where to sit |
| 31% | PATIENCE | 8 | The art of being able to wait |
| 31% | YERTLE | 6 | 31-Across title turtle who declares, "I am the ruler of all that I see!" |
| 30% | CLARITY | 7 | The quality of being easy to see or hear |
| 30% | ETAL | 4 | Phrase similar to "etc." that is added at the end of a list to mean that there are more unlisted items: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 29% | UKE | 3 | The art of being able to respond to an oncoming attack in Judo |
| 29% | LARGERTHANLIFE | 14 | "Millennium" Top 40 single by 47-Across with the lyrics "There are prices to fame alright / All of our time spent in flashes of light" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | OPERA | 5 | Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip |
| 28% | NATURALGAS | 10 | Trinidad and Tobago resource that has led to it be one of the richest western countries per capita |
| 28% | AFFORD | 6 | Be able to meet the expense of |
| 28% | SEER | 4 | Someone who claims to be able to see the future |
| 28% | ELIXIR | 6 | "The ___ of Life," a drink that is said to cure all ills |
| 28% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 27% | PEAKS | 5 | "14 ___: Nothing Is Impossible," 2021 documentary film that follows a crew who attempt to climb all 14 of the eight-thousander mountains |
| 27% | GOD | 3 | "That infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part," per Tolstoy |
| 27% | GOD | 3 | "And ___ said, Let there be light" (line from the Book of Genesis) |
| 27% | BAR | 3 | The test that lawyers have to clear before being able to practice law |
| 26% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 26% | FOODCOMA | 8 | Feeling of being so full that you don't want to move: 2 wds. |
| 26% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the ends of the answers to all the starred clues are |
| 26% | EMOTE | 5 | Show that one is feeling all the feels |
| 26% | PUPIL | 5 | Part of the eye that reacts to light |
| 26% | OLDAGE | 6 | "The most unexpected of all things that happen to a man," per Leon Trotsky |
| 26% | STEPS | 5 | There are 1,665 to the top of the Eiffel Tower |
| 26% | HEAD | 4 | All that's seen of the Wizard of Oz, at first |