| 100% | CLINE | 5 | The hill was at a sharp in___ and was very steep |
| 47% | VIEW | 4 | The apartment was at a great price and had a great ___ of the city |
| 47% | HOLEINONE | 9 | The best score one can get in golf, also called ace, and is a very rare occurrence: 3 wds. |
| 47% | LEVAR | 5 | Burton who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Children's and Family Emmys in December |
| 46% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |
| 45% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 44% | PAULWALKER | 10 | "The Fast and the Furious" actor who is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GRAY | 4 | *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |
| 43% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 43% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 43% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | And the tempestuous finale was played at a variety of... |
| 42% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 42% | DEXTER | 6 | Crime drama TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic technician in the day and vigilante serial killer at night |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | In the world, there is a Red one and a Dead one |
| 42% | NOONTIME | 8 | When hands are at the very top of a clock |
| 41% | MESA | 4 | In the USA, a steep-sided flat-topped hill |
| 41% | ERRAND | 6 | Whipping down to the mailbox to stick a letter in and stopping at the corner store for bread, for example |
| 41% | REACH | 5 | Be rude at the dinner table, in a way |
| 41% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 41% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor who was Stringer in The Wire and is now a DJ |
| 40% | SHADOW | 6 | What's longer in the morning and evening than it is at noon |
| 40% | AUDIT | 5 | Go through the books at a company to ensure everything is in place |
| 40% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 40% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |
| 40% | TAO | 3 | A cosmic and spiritual principle which is popular in the East |
| 40% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ in the Hat," 2003 film with a feline pet as the main character which can be found in the movies at 33a, 43a, 46a, 4d, and 8d |
| 40% | CHILLEDWITHFEAR | 15 | "... and when I hand-deliver a package, the recipients are positively ___ - it's very satisfying!" |
| 40% | HOWCATCHEM | 10 | Mystery in which, unlike in a whodunnit, the perpetrator is revealed at the beginning |
| 40% | MOTIONBLUR | 10 | Apparent streaking shown in a photo, often because the subject is traveling very fast |
| 40% | EMT | 3 | One who's often at the hosp. and is well-versed in using paddles |