| 100% | CAPTIVITY | 9 | There are more tigers in this than in the wild |
| 62% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 58% | CHESS | 5 | Game for which there are more possible iterations than atoms in the universe |
| 58% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 54% | AMALE | 5 | "No more mercy in him than there is milk in ___ tiger": Shak. |
| 53% | SAND | 4 | *Did you know that there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of ___ on Earth? |
| 49% | ADO | 3 | There was much of this in Shakespeare |
| 49% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 48% | CHANGS | 6 | There are more of these than Smiths or Joneses |
| 48% | HOUSES | 6 | There are 12 of these (domiciles) in the horoscope |
| 48% | SEAS | 4 | There are more than seven of these bodies of water |
| 47% | ANTS | 4 | There are more than 10,000 known species of these insects |
| 46% | ASIA | 4 | Much of the Silk Road is in this continent |
| 45% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 45% | DUMB | 4 | In the movie, Lloyd is this and Harry is more so |
| 44% | FAX | 3 | Office machine that was used more in the 1980s than today |
| 43% | DREAMT | 6 | "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than ar |
| 43% | TREES | 5 | There are six hidden in this puzzle in appropriate places |
| 42% | EAR | 3 | There is a drum in this organ |
| 42% | PERU | 4 | Most distant source of the Amazon is located on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in this country |
| 42% | HIG2♥H | 6 | Like a geocentric orbit in which the orbital period is more than 24 hours |
| 42% | SEVILLE | 7 | Figaro is a barber in this city in the opera |
| 42% | STATIONS | 8 | There are many bus ___ in New York City |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | "There are plenty more fish in the ___" |
| 42% | YEAH | 4 | 2004 Usher hit whose title is repeated more than seventy-five times in the song |
| 42% | SEN | 3 | Kelly Loeffler of GA is the most recent one of these, in brief |
| 42% | OPEC | 4 | Org. that has more members in Africa than in the Mideast |
| 41% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 41% | DOORS | 5 | "Are there more ___ or wheels in the world?" |
| 41% | TENS | 4 | There are 16 used in this puzzle's card game |