| 100% | ONI | 3 | The Japanese bean-throwing custom in February is intended to drive out these ogres |
| 31% | CLOTHES | 7 | The maid was hanging these out in the garden |
| 31% | STRIKES | 7 | In baseball, three of these mean the batter is out |
| 31% | SHADE | 5 | Hades turned out to be in the shadows |
| 31% | BLOODY | 6 | To be hit in the face may cause this secreting nose |
| 31% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 30% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 30% | VOTES | 5 | These are counted to decide the winner in an election |
| 30% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 30% | HUMOR | 5 | "I fail to see the ___ in this" ("This is not funny") |
| 29% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle in which natural ringlets are brushed out to surround the head |
| 29% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Seven of the schools in this group were established prior to 1770 |
| 29% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 29% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 29% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 29% | USA | 3 | This nation's athlete is the first figure skater to land eight quads in a competition |
| 29% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 29% | NOMO | 4 | Pitcher Hideo who is the only Japanese MLB player to throw two no-hitters |
| 29% | PICTUREIT | 9 | Tip to solving this puzzle (with the key parts to be said out loud) |
| 29% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 29% | ELSIETHECOW | 11 | Company mascot introduced in the 1930s that has never been put out to pasture |
| 29% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 28% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 28% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 28% | NAOMI | 5 | With 37-Across, first Japanese tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in the world |
| 28% | PUT | 3 | Competitions to do this to the shot were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland |
| 28% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 28% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 28% | HALLOFFAME | 10 | This dedication to US Space Walking astronauts and equipment contractors is by the Indian R. in Titusville, FL. |
| 28% | YANITSENG | 9 | Taiwanese golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from February 2011 to March 2013: 2 wds. |