| 100% | MOTELS | 6 | Things that are often lined along the routes into town |
| 40% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 38% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | INSETS | 6 | Things that are inserted into something |
| 37% | MIRRORS | 7 | Things that are worth looking into? |
| 37% | CENTS | 5 | Things that are beside the point? |
| 36% | ELEMENTS | 8 | Things that are found on the periodic table |
| 35% | OATS | 4 | Grains that are often ground into meal |
| 35% | SAFES | 5 | Strongboxes that are often set into walls |
| 35% | FREE | 4 | Like things that are on the house |
| 34% | SLUMS | 5 | Neighborhoods that are often the focus of urban renewal |
| 34% | PUN | 3 | Wordplay, that is often considered the lowest form of humor |
| 34% | ODIE | 4 | Pooch that is often the brunt of Garfield's jokes |
| 34% | ARC | 3 | Geometric shape that is often the shape of a rainbow |
| 34% | ODORS | 5 | Things that often come out in the wash |
| 34% | EARS | 4 | Things that might be muffed in the cold |
| 34% | ACID | 4 | Drug that was often "dropped" in the 1960s |
| 34% | TREND | 5 | Thing that’s in, for the time being |
| 33% | AWAKES | 6 | Snaps out of the trance that you went into when the last thing you heard was "You are feeling sleeepy..." |
| 33% | PAR | 3 | Score that will often make the cut in the Masters Tournament |
| 33% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Things that should be tied up by the curtain? |
| 33% | DOORS | 5 | Things that shouldn’t be held on the subway |
| 33% | PAN | 3 | Thing that might be put on the back burner |
| 33% | INHALANT | 8 | Substance that is breathed into the lungs |
| 33% | LANDLINE | 8 | Phone that is plugged into the wall |
| 33% | GTO | 3 | Car that was modified into the Monkeemobile |
| 33% | ROUNDABOUT | 10 | You'll find things that are __ the seven other 9+-letter answers |
| 33% | BBA | 3 | Course in management that is often done after writing the SAT's |
| 33% | CONE | 4 | Geometric shape that is often the shape of an ice cream holder |
| 33% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |