| 100% | DELIGHT | 7 | To take great joy in something, state of happiness |
| 54% | RELISH | 6 | To take great pleasure in something |
| 49% | EXALTED | 7 | In a state of great happiness |
| 43% | REVEL | 5 | Take great pleasure in something |
| 40% | ALERTNESS | 9 | State of paying attention to something |
| 40% | STOLEN | 6 | State of something illegally taken from another |
| 38% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 38% | STAND | 5 | Something to take in court |
| 38% | KNEE | 4 | Something to take in protest |
| 38% | INTEREST | 8 | The state of wanting to learn about something |
| 38% | EARGASM | 7 | Joy of listening to great music |
| 38% | SPIN | 4 | Something to take in a car |
| 37% | BANANASPLIT | 11 | Something to take in from a boat |
| 37% | CONTEND | 7 | To struggle in opposition of something, someone |
| 36% | STAB | 4 | Something to take when you're in the dark |
| 36% | BEFORE | 6 | Prior to or in front of something |
| 36% | OREGON | 6 | State revealed to be home of The Simpsons in 2012 |
| 35% | TROU | 4 | Something you might not want to drop in front of others |
| 35% | COST | 4 | What something will amount to, in terms of money |
| 35% | SADSONG | 7 | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" |
| 35% | MOCK | 4 | To make fun of something in a scornful manner (rhymes with "chalk") |
| 34% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | Number of people it takes to tango, in an expression |
| 34% | IOWA | 4 | State in which "Field of Dreams" takes place |
| 34% | ALA | 3 | State where most of the events in the movie "Selma" took place: Abbr. |
| 34% | OBSTRUCT | 8 | To get in the way of something |
| 34% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky, also central to this grid's theme |
| 33% | SHOCK | 5 | Suddenly being upset; Getting to know of something in an unexpected manner |
| 33% | LEA | 3 | Michele who’s slated to take over as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” |
| 33% | DASHEDLINE | 10 | Indication of where to cut … or something written five times in this puzzle? |