| 100% | VOTES | 5 | These are counted to decide the winner in an election |
| 40% | UPPERHAND | 9 | To have the __, be in an advantageous position |
| 39% | POPULAR | 7 | In Wicked, Glinda decides to help Elphaba be this |
| 39% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | The right to vote in an election |
| 39% | DINNERTIME | 10 | According to Jacob's Creek, an Australian winemaker, a survey in 2007 found this to be 7:47pm in the UK |
| 39% | EGGPLANT | 8 | This veggie is known as an aubergine in the UK |
| 38% | BLOODY | 6 | To be hit in the face may cause this secreting nose |
| 38% | END | 3 | Bring to an ___ (like this clue in the crossword) |
| 38% | ALLERGY | 7 | Sneezing in the spring is from an __ to pollen |
| 38% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 38% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 38% | CAVALRY | 7 | In Western film, this is coming to the rescue |
| 38% | JIG | 3 | This was changed to Juliette in 1956 when the NATO Phonetic Alphabet was adopted by the US |
| 38% | TIE | 3 | ___-breaker (method to decide the winner) |
| 37% | JET | 3 | The Lippisch Ente was the first one of these to fly, in 1928 |
| 37% | ANT | 3 | Sugar on the table is an open invitation to this insect |
| 37% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 37% | SYLLABLES | 9 | These are counted in a haiku |
| 37% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 36% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 36% | LOOPHOLE | 8 | Gap in the law, allows an issue to be circumvented |
| 36% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 36% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 36% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 36% | ITUNES | 6 | Where to find the songs in this grid ... or an appropriate title for this puzzle? |
| 36% | PUT | 3 | Competitions to do this to the shot were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland |
| 36% | PAINT | 5 | 1966 Rolling Stones hit ... or an instruction to be followed four times in this puzzle |
| 36% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |
| 35% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 35% | HUMOR | 5 | "I fail to see the ___ in this" ("This is not funny") |