| 100% | SPIRITS | 7 | The souls of people (or stiff drinks) |
| 51% | TARGET | 6 | Person or place that is the aim of an attack |
| 51% | EPITHET | 7 | The Prince of Pop or the Queen of Soul |
| 50% | PEERS | 5 | People of the same age or status |
| 50% | SPOUSE | 6 | The husband or wife of a person |
| 50% | PHENOTYPE | 9 | The visible characteristics of a culture or people |
| 50% | ALCOHOL | 7 | The part of wine that makes people drunk |
| 49% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 49% | AYMARA | 6 | Language or people of the central Andes |
| 48% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 48% | SCOLIOSIS | 9 | The left or right curvature of a person's spine |
| 47% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 47% | WHATDIDYOUTHINKIMEANT | 21 | ___? pron. the nominative case of the person speaking or writing |
| 47% | DYBBUK | 6 | In Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person |
| 46% | BREVITY | 7 | The soul of wit |
| 46% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | A person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 44% | GROUPS | 6 | Assemblies of people or things |
| 44% | WIT | 3 | "Brevity is the soul of ___" |
| 44% | BREVITY | 7 | "___ is the soul of wit" |
| 44% | WIT | 3 | Brevity is the soul of ___ |
| 44% | CONTROLGROUP | 12 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
| 44% | AURATIC | 7 | Relating to the essence of a person or artistic piece |
| 43% | NIGHT | 5 | "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
| 43% | UNIO | 4 | Unification of people or organizations: ___n |
| 43% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Diverse group of people or things |
| 43% | MULTITUDE | 9 | Large number of people or things |
| 43% | HUDDLE | 6 | Crowded mass of people or things |
| 43% | GROUP | 5 | A collective of people or things |
| 43% | BEVY | 4 | Large group of people or birds |
| 43% | BEVY | 4 | Large group of people or things |