| 100% | SMOKE | 5 | There's no fire without this, as per a phrase (what rises out of one) |
| 56% | SMOKE | 5 | As per a phrase, there's no fire without it |
| 38% | IAMSODEAD | 9 | "There's no getting out of this one" |
| 36% | LUNCH | 5 | There's no such thing as a free one |
| 35% | DUMBQUESTION | 12 | There's no such thing as this, according to a saying |
| 34% | TEAM | 4 | What there's no "I" in, according to a coaching phrase |
| 33% | FOAM | 4 | What comes out of a fire extinguisher |
| 33% | SMOKE | 5 | "There's no ___ without a fire" |
| 33% | FREE | 4 | They say there's no such thing as this kind of lunch |
| 32% | STEM | 4 | One might rise out of a bed |
| 32% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 31% | THELOCUSTTREEINFLOWER | 21 | 1935 poem with one word per line ... as spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | YEAST | 5 | What bakers get a rise out of? |
| 31% | SOAPBUBBLES | 11 | Products of a child's wand, and what are literally rising in this puzzle's circles |
| 31% | COKED | 5 | Out of one's mind, in a way, with "up" |
| 30% | DATEUP | 6 | Be out of one's league, in a way |
| 30% | DOG | 3 | Man's best friend as per a phrase |
| 30% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 30% | YEAST | 5 | What a baker gets a rise out of? |
| 30% | YEAST | 5 | You'll get a rise out of this |
| 30% | YEAST | 5 | You might get a rise out of this |
| 30% | EXHAUST | 7 | What comes out of a car's tailpipe |
| 29% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 29% | NATURALCAUSES | 13 | There's no foul play when one passes by these |
| 29% | FREELUNCH | 9 | There's no such thing as a __, hidden costs apply |
| 29% | ONESMALLSTEP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle |
| 29% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 29% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 29% | VOWEL | 5 | There's one at the end of this clue |
| 29% | TYPO | 4 | There's one at the end of this club |