| 100% | OPALS | 5 | Things dug up in the area of Australia's Coober Pedy, maybe |
| 36% | ABOUT | 5 | In the area of |
| 36% | OPAL | 4 | Gem from Australia's Coober Pedy, maybe |
| 34% | SEENAT | 6 | Witnessed in the area of |
| 33% | CAPSULE | 7 | Time __: placing items to dig up in the future |
| 33% | ALOFT | 5 | Up in the air (anagram of "float") |
| 33% | RESETTLED | 9 | New in the area, maybe |
| 32% | EDAM | 4 | What's wrapped up in the whole ball of wax? |
| 32% | SUN | 3 | Object in the upper corner of many children's drawings |
| 32% | COMING | 6 | With 5-Across, arriving in the area in the vein of this week's visitor |
| 32% | KISSANDMAKEUP | 13 | Things linked in the minds of 70's music fans? |
| 32% | SAM | 3 | Name of The Giant Koala (one of Australia's "Big Things") located in Dadswells Bridge, Victoria |
| 32% | AMID | 4 | In the thick of things |
| 32% | MIDST | 5 | In the thick of things |
| 32% | SONES | 5 | Sounds in the area of 256 of these, will cause hearing damage |
| 31% | GONZO | 5 | In the style of Hunter S. Thompson, say |
| 31% | ACCOST | 6 | Get up in the face of |
| 31% | LIFTERS | 7 | They bring up heavy things in the name of self-improvement? |
| 31% | SKY | 3 | "Look! Up in the ___!" ("The Adventures of Superman" line) |
| 31% | HEARTH | 6 | The area in front of a fireplace |
| 31% | ONE | 3 | It's in the upper-left corner of a telephone keypad |
| 30% | MALPAIS | 7 | Area of barren lava flows, in the Southwest |
| 30% | ENS | 3 | Things that come in the middle of dinner? |
| 30% | ONBUTTONS | 9 | Things in the backs of Macs |
| 30% | UNIONCARDS | 10 | Things in the wallets of many laborers |
| 30% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant in the grand scheme of things |
| 30% | STAPLE | 6 | Thing in the center of a centerfold |
| 30% | MIND | 4 | UC Davis institute dedicated to research in the area of autism spectrum and other neurodevelopmental disorders |
| 30% | DIOC | 4 | Part of the area in a bishop's jurisdiction, briefly |
| 30% | PANGEA | 6 | It broke up in the age of dinosaurs |