| 100% | APTS | 4 | Units that are usually under the super's supervision, for short |
| 72% | APTS | 4 | Small units that are usually under the supervision of the super |
| 42% | MEGS | 4 | Computer memory capacity units that are smaller than gigs, for short |
| 42% | TBSP | 4 | Unit that might be "heaping," for short |
| 41% | LEASH | 5 | "On a short ___," dog-related idiom for something that's under strict supervision |
| 40% | TONS | 4 | Heavy weights that are usually short in the US, but long in the UK |
| 40% | GIGS | 4 | Memory storage units that are bigger than megabytes and smaller than terabytes, for short |
| 39% | ACS | 3 | Units that run primarily in the summer, for short |
| 38% | IDS | 3 | Cards that are checked by the TSA, for short |
| 38% | TATS | 4 | Drawings that are etched onto the skin, for short |
| 38% | IDS | 3 | Cards that are checked at the door, for short |
| 38% | CLE | 3 | Ohio city that is home to the Cavs, for short |
| 38% | SOP | 3 | The way things are usually done, for short |
| 37% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that is a fraction of joule, for short |
| 37% | NATS | 4 | Team that was formerly the Montreal Expos, for short |
| 37% | PLAZA | 5 | 30 Rockefeller ___ (Manhattan address that the title "30 Rock" is short for) |
| 36% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor for whom the S.I. unit of magnetic-flux density is named |
| 36% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 35% | CLE | 3 | Ohio city that is home to the Browns of the NFL, for short |
| 35% | CDT | 3 | What the middle of the U.S. is usually on, for short |
| 35% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | OBJ | 3 | Anything that can be perceived by the senses, for short |
| 35% | IDS | 3 | Things that may be checked at the door, for short |
| 35% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar unit that is a homophone for 44d |
| 34% | HOOK | 4 | Boxing punch that is usually aimed at the jaw |
| 34% | GYMNASIUM | 9 | It's what the word "gym" is short for |
| 34% | SMS | 3 | Protocol that was first used to send the text "Merry Christmas," for short |
| 34% | STEPS | 5 | The record for climbing the Eiffel Tower's is under eight minutes |
| 34% | KILO | 4 | Metric unit that's a little over two pounds, for short |
| 34% | TREND | 5 | Thing that’s in, for the time being |