| 100% | SEMESTER | 8 | Vacation, in Swedish ... or half of an academic year, in English |
| 54% | SEMESTER | 8 | Half of an academic year |
| 43% | LEET | 4 | In English and Welsh history, a yearly or half-yearly manorial court of record |
| 43% | SIX | 3 | Half of a dozen or the next number in a New Year's countdown |
| 42% | TERM | 4 | Part of an academic year |
| 42% | TIMESHARE | 9 | Vacation lodging purchase ... or an arrangement between the two halves of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | GOBLINMODE | 10 | Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state |
| 40% | VERSA | 5 | Half of an in-reverse phrase |
| 40% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 40% | BORA | 4 | Half of an island in the Pacific? |
| 40% | EXAM | 4 | What you give at the end of an academic year |
| 39% | PAWN | 4 | Element of an English Opening in chess |
| 38% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 37% | SEM | 3 | Half of a college academic year, for short |
| 37% | FIVE | 4 | Half of a decade or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 34d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 37% | THESCARLETLETTER | 16 | Provider of an A in English? |
| 37% | ETON | 4 | Its academic year consists of three halves |
| 37% | FIFTY | 5 | Number of years in a half-century |
| 37% | BOSS | 4 | Leader or in charge of an organization |
| 36% | CAESURA | 7 | An emphatic break in a poem or line of verse |
| 36% | SORE | 4 | In need of an ice bath or a heating pad, maybe |
| 36% | LEAP | 4 | Kind of year with an extra day in February |
| 35% | HANDLEYPAGE | 11 | Frederick —, English founder of an aircraft manufacturing company in 1909 |
| 35% | AMI | 3 | Friend of Descartes ... or, in English, question pondered by Descartes? |
| 35% | DAYS | 4 | There are 365 or 366 of them in a year |
| 35% | ALTITUDE | 8 | Height of an object in relation to sea or ground |
| 35% | EXODUS | 6 | Book of the Bible or an event described in it |
| 35% | PERFORMER | 9 | Someone who acts or sings in front of an audience |
| 35% | NOBELIST | 8 | Winner of an international award presented in Stockholm or Oslo |
| 35% | BRINJAL | 7 | An aubergine or eggplant in parts of Asia |