| 100% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 43% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 41% | CHARLESTON | 10 | The Capital of the only US state to have its sovereignty proclaimed by a president |
| 40% | DOT | 3 | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| 39% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 39% | DRESSAGE | 8 | Method of training a horse to perform manoeuvres in response to the body signals of its rider |
| 39% | CRIMES | 6 | "Fantastic Beasts: The ___ of Grindelwald," a sequel to the film mentioned in 3d directed by David Yates |
| 38% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 38% | CHILD | 5 | "The Snow ___," novel by Eowyn Ivey set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a girl made of snow comes to life |
| 38% | BURN | 4 | "We'll ___ that bridge when we get to it," example of 50a that predicts a mess in the future |
| 38% | OREO | 4 | In a taste test by Epicurious, it lost out to the Back to Nature Classic Creme Cookie |
| 38% | PARABOLA | 8 | Symmetrical curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side |
| 37% | ASK | 3 | "I sort of hate to ___ it, but do you have a basket?" (rhyming question from Little Red in "Into the Woods") |
| 37% | MASTHEAD | 8 | The title of a newspaper as it appears in print |
| 37% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 37% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Owner of a DeLorean in Back to the Future |
| 37% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue |
| 37% | PASS | 4 | “It’ll ___” (response to a confession of love in the Season 2 finale of “Fleabag”) |
| 36% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) |
| 36% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 36% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 36% | MUTE | 4 | Device used to muffle the sound of a musical instrument |
| 36% | USE | 3 | By plugging in too many appliances at once the man blew a f___ |
| 36% | BIT | 3 | Piece of metal held in the mouth of a horse by reins in order to control the animal while riding |
| 36% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Tower of straw it's hard to find a needle in |
| 36% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented by a lightbulb, in the comics |
| 36% | AIDA | 4 | The king of Egypt has a part in it |
| 36% | CHOCOLATEO | 10 | It has a chance of sprinkles in the morning |
| 36% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 36% | AMIDST | 6 | In the thick of, to a bard |