| 100% | PULLITTOGETHER | 14 | Tip from a gym teacher about how to win at tug-of-war? |
| 55% | CHOOSEONESBATTLES | 17 | Tip from a history teacher about how to study WWII? |
| 46% | AIMFORTHESTARS | 14 | Tip from an astronomy teacher about how to set up telescopes? |
| 38% | DOTHEBRIGHTTHING | 16 | Film about how to win a MacArthur Fellowship? |
| 38% | REMEMBERYOURROOTS | 17 | Tip from a math teacher about working with squares and cubes? |
| 36% | ANY | 3 | "___ questions?" question to clarify doubts at the end of a lesson that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 33% | PROFESSOR | 9 | How you might refer to a teacher at a university |
| 33% | WINGSPAN | 8 | Width of a plane from tip to tip |
| 32% | KOREA | 5 | Site of a war that lasted from 1950 to 1953 |
| 32% | EIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | Gag about how many people it takes to change the devices of a whole chandelier, maybe? |
| 31% | MENU | 4 | Printed list of things available at a restaurant for you to choose from |
| 31% | NOMAD | 5 | Person who lives a life of little pleasures, wandering about from place to place |
| 31% | LETMEGUESS | 10 | Words from someone with a good idea of what you’re about to say |
| 30% | CATS | 4 | "Thunder___," animated series about a group of feline humanoid aliens that ran from 1985 to 1989 |
| 30% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 30% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 29% | MAKEALONGSTORYSHORT | 19 | Tip from an English teacher about the editing process? |
| 29% | ARS | 3 | "____ Poetica" (Horace poem about how to write a poem) |
| 29% | ALOHA | 5 | How to say "hello" at a luau |
| 29% | FINDTHERIGHTBALANCE | 19 | Tip from an accounting teacher about calculating profits and losses? |
| 29% | ONEATATIME | 10 | How to shoot ducks at a shooting gallery |
| 29% | BADAT | 5 | Unlikely to win a game of |
| 29% | MAST | 4 | At half-___ (how to fly a flag on a day of mourning) |
| 28% | FOLLOWTHELEADER | 15 | How to find what a creep is looking at? |
| 28% | READTHISGRIDINBRAILLE | 21 | How to get a message out of the boxes |
| 28% | NSEC | 4 | About how long it takes light to travel a ft. |
| 28% | WRINKLEINTIME | 13 | "A ___," young adult book written by Madeleine L'Engle about a journey of a group of children from universe to universe: 3 wds. |
| 28% | USA | 3 | Country that won all three tug of war medals at the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis |
| 28% | RAFFLE | 6 | Lottery with tickets, to win prizes at a fair |
| 28% | PRIZEPUZZLES | 12 | Opportunities to win a vacation on "Wheel of Fortune" |