| 100% | OED | 3 | Voluminous book published in Britain and where you may look for word meanings: Abbr. |
| 46% | OED | 3 | British book where you can look up words and their meanings: Abbr. |
| 35% | TSHIRT | 6 | Where you might see the message formed by the last words in 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 34% | SYNONYM | 7 | You might look for one in a thesaurus |
| 32% | BETWEENTHELINES | 15 | Where to look for hidden words in this puzzle's fifth and eleventh columns? |
| 32% | DELIAISLE | 9 | Where you might go looking for a cut? |
| 32% | ATRIGHT | 7 | Where you might "see table" in a reference book |
| 31% | ATM | 3 | Where you might put in dough and take out bread? |
| 31% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Where you might get a word in edgewise |
| 31% | PIER | 4 | Where you may be waiting for your ship to come in |
| 31% | RIGHTOFWAY | 10 | Crossroads concern, and where you might find the answers to starred clues' ending words |
| 29% | TOPSHELF | 8 | Where one with discerning taste might look for liquor . . . and where it can be found in 4-, 6-, 9-, and 11-Down |
| 29% | LIB | 3 | Place where you can go and read in silence, for short |
| 29% | MOOCOW | 6 | Animal you might find only in a book for young children? |
| 29% | LEFTOFCENTER | 12 | Somewhat liberal, or where you might find the first words in the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | FICTION | 7 | Library section where you might find books belonging to the genres at 16a, 41a, 53a, and 7d |
| 27% | VAULT | 5 | *Secure room in a bank where you may store your valuables and precious belongings |
| 27% | ICI | 3 | Where you may be in France |
| 27% | COURT | 5 | Where you may find lawyers and judges |
| 27% | COMCON | 6 | Where you might see Klingons and Wookiees |
| 27% | SPA | 3 | Where you might get cucumbers and oil |
| 27% | CAVE | 4 | Where you might see stalactites and stalagmites |
| 27% | KFC | 3 | Where you might exchange tender for tenders |
| 27% | HOTELBAR | 8 | Where you might go downstairs for drinks |
| 27% | SERBIA | 6 | Where you might spend dinars for dinners |
| 27% | BEE | 3 | Where you might go for a spell? |
| 27% | IMDB | 4 | Where you might search for a lead? |
| 27% | TUB | 3 | Where you might be in hot water |
| 27% | HAMPER | 6 | Where you might throw in the towel |
| 27% | WASHER | 6 | Where you might throw in the towel |