| 100% | RECEIVED | 8 | To have been given or presented with something |
| 47% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 47% | ENHANCED | 8 | Something or someone, that has been given special abilities |
| 46% | REWARDED | 8 | To have been given bounty in exchange for work |
| 46% | HARBORING | 9 | Giving a home or shelter to. When done with a fugitive, it is illegal |
| 45% | SHARP | 5 | Having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something |
| 44% | TORPEDOED | 9 | To have been hit with an underwater weapon |
| 44% | GETWHALEWISHES | 14 | These may have been given to Ishmael? |
| 43% | PILLOW | 6 | Soft cushion used to rest your head on ... or something that may be stuffed with feathers |
| 43% | HERO | 4 | "Someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself," according to Joseph Campbell |
| 43% | STRUGGLE | 8 | To have great difficulty with something |
| 42% | BELIEVE | 7 | To have faith in someone or something |
| 42% | APPRAISE | 8 | To set or give a value to something |
| 42% | BELIEVE | 7 | To have confidence something is true without proof |
| 42% | TEEM | 4 | Be overrun, or crawling with something |
| 41% | FINE | 4 | Something to be slapped with |
| 41% | AWE | 3 | Something to be struck with |
| 40% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 40% | ONE | 3 | With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |
| 40% | ACIDIFIED | 9 | Substance that has been turned to acid or vinegar |
| 40% | AMENDED | 7 | Something that has been changed or modified |
| 40% | SPILL | 5 | Something to do with tea or beans |
| 40% | PLEASED | 7 | To be filled with satisfaction about something |
| 40% | ATTACK | 6 | To be aggressive with actions or words |
| 40% | DESPERATE | 9 | To be begging or reaching with anguish |
| 39% | SNOW | 4 | With 35-Down, something meant to be shaken |
| 39% | ATTEND | 6 | To be present at an activity or event |
| 39% | ATTEND | 6 | To be present at an event or function |
| 39% | TIP | 3 | It might be given to a waiter or a police investigator |
| 39% | SASH | 4 | Accessory that might be given to a prom king or queen |