| 100% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out, as with the back of a pencil |
| 56% | ERASE | 5 | Rub off, with the end of a pencil |
| 51% | ERASED | 6 | Used the back of a pencil |
| 50% | TOOMUCHTOOSOON | 14 | A lot to deal with right out of the gate |
| 48% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 47% | DITKA | 5 | Coach with a famously bad 1998 rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" |
| 47% | ERASES | 6 | Rubs out, as a pencil mistake |
| 46% | STAB | 4 | Pierce, as with the tines of a fork |
| 46% | BOOTSTRAP | 9 | Loop at the back of a shoe, used to pull it on |
| 45% | AFT | 3 | Back of the boat, to a sailor |
| 45% | MOTOR | 5 | Attachment to the back of a boat |
| 45% | ERASING | 7 | Rubbing out, removing with a piece of rubber |
| 45% | REHEEL | 6 | Fix, as the back of a shoe |
| 45% | ENDORSES | 8 | Signs, as the back of a check |
| 45% | ENDORSE | 7 | Sign, as the back of a check |
| 44% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 44% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character described as "blindly seeking with a six inch blade to reach the fathom-deep life of the whale" |
| 44% | INTOW | 5 | Hitched to the back of a truck (2 wds.) |
| 44% | REINDEER | 8 | Beast on the back of a Canadian quarter, to everyone who's not a North American |
| 44% | SWEPTASIDE | 10 | Removed as with a wave of the hand |
| 43% | DOCBROWN | 8 | Owner of a DeLorean in Back to the Future |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | Used with the name of a married woman to identify former family |
| 43% | TAIL | 4 | Part of a plane that's furthest to the back |
| 42% | FRO | 3 | The opposite of to, as on a swing |
| 42% | ONE | 3 | Number spelled out on the back of a penny |
| 42% | TRAVELINBAND | 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song with the lyrics "Seven thirty seven comin' out of the sky / Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | UNREEL | 6 | The opposite of wind up, as with a fishing line |
| 41% | ENDORSED | 8 | Signed for deposit, as the back of a check |
| 41% | UPROOTS | 7 | Pulls out of the ground, as a weed |