| 100% | PARIS | 5 | To know this city “is to know a great deal,” per Henry Miller |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 38% | NEED | 4 | "This is strictly on a ___ to know basis" |
| 38% | SILK | 4 | China is a great place to buy some of this soft and luxurious fabric (3/4) |
| 38% | LOT | 3 | "There is a ___ to be done." (great deal) |
| 38% | TONS | 4 | Not going back to school a great deal |
| 38% | BARGAIN | 7 | A great deal, hard to resist |
| 38% | GOD | 3 | "That infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part," per Tolstoy |
| 37% | ALL | 3 | *"They sealed their holiday celebration and promised to cherish these moments forever, knowing that love was the greatest gift of ___!" |
| 37% | DRIEDPLUM | 9 | This item is also known as a prune |
| 37% | ROME | 4 | This city was not built in a day |
| 37% | BRASILIA | 8 | City built to be a capital (1956-1960) |
| 36% | IDEA | 4 | Using a CFL bulb to represent one of these instead of an incandescent bulb might be a great one in itself! |
| 35% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | STITCHES | 8 | These are sewn to close a wound |
| 35% | SEINE | 5 | River that Henry Miller likened to "a great artery running through the human body" |
| 35% | CHAOS | 5 | "The score upon which reality is written," per Henry Miller |
| 35% | PICTURE | 7 | This is said to paint a thousand words |
| 34% | SHARK | 5 | A great white is this type of this animal |
| 34% | ORLEANS | 7 | This New city is home to beads and beignets |
| 34% | BUELLER | 7 | This Ferris is known for taking a day off |
| 34% | SOCKS | 5 | A great performance will knock these off your feet |
| 34% | ATTICUS | 7 | This Finch is found in To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 34% | TOWELS | 6 | These are used to dry a person after bathing |
| 34% | OLLA | 4 | To Mexicans, this is just a crock |
| 34% | COCOA | 5 | You will need this brown powder to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 34% | SUGAR | 5 | You will need this common sweetener to make a perfect cookie sandwich |
| 34% | INSULT | 6 | This is added to injury to make a situation worse |
| 34% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | A cougar is also known as this type of lion |
| 34% | LONDON | 6 | This city's bridge is falling in a nursery rhyme |