| 100% | PLAYOFFS | 8 | They might eliminate teams … with or without the shaded letter |
| 62% | GOATMILK | 8 | Alternative to 2% … with or without the shaded letter |
| 58% | EMOTIONS | 8 | Things that might be raised in court … with or without the shaded letter |
| 58% | FACECARD | 8 | It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter |
| 48% | SELECT | 6 | Pick, with or without the first letter |
| 46% | PLOTS | 5 | Units of land, with or without the first letter |
| 38% | SUITE | 5 | One might have three parts, with or without its last letter |
| 38% | RECIPES | 7 | They might help with the dishes |
| 38% | AQUA | 4 | Bluish color, with or without "marine" at the end |
| 38% | ADS | 3 | They may be eliminated with a subscription |
| 38% | ORES | 4 | They may come with silver or gold |
| 37% | REEVE | 5 | Superman portrayer, with or without an "s" at the end |
| 36% | AAS | 3 | They may come with a flashlight or a remote control |
| 36% | RAYS | 4 | They may be caught at the beach ... or out at sea |
| 36% | HRS | 3 | They may fly or crawl by, depending on the circumstances: Abbr. |
| 35% | ENE | 3 | Spanish letter with or without a tilde |
| 35% | RANSOMNOTES | 11 | They may be made with cut-out letters |
| 35% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 35% | ICANADD | 7 | They Might Be Giants number with the lyric “Two plus two is four” |
| 33% | FIFTH | 5 | Like the month of May or the letter "e" |
| 33% | QED | 3 | Letters a mathematician might sign off the end of her proof with |
| 33% | REPRINTS | 8 | You may have had issues with them in the past |
| 32% | MEATSUBSTITUTES | 15 | Vegetarian options … or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
| 32% | EAR | 3 | Hearing organ that you might sketch with just the letter "C" |
| 32% | DELTA | 5 | Triangular river formation or a Greek letter with the same shape |
| 32% | MADAM | 5 | Polite term of address, with or without its third letter |
| 32% | HERD | 4 | Group of sheep or the last four letters of who guides them? |
| 32% | USUALSUSPECTS | 13 | They may be rounded up after a crime, with "the" |
| 31% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |