| 100% | GROANED | 7 | Was affected by too heavy a weight, say |
| 47% | SEESSTARS | 9 | Is affected by a sidewinder |
| 46% | SNORE | 5 | Be affected by a blocked airway |
| 46% | REEL | 4 | Be affected by a potent punch |
| 45% | ARCED | 5 | Was affected by gravity, in a way |
| 44% | APHASIC | 7 | One whose speech is affected by a stroke |
| 41% | RUSTLES | 7 | Is stirred by a draft, say |
| 39% | GOAD | 4 | Taunt by saying "What are you, a chicken?" |
| 38% | SHARP | 5 | A musical note that's off key by being too high |
| 38% | FEEL | 4 | Be affected by |
| 38% | REACTSTO | 8 | Is affected by |
| 38% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Philosopher who said "Man is by nature a political animal" |
| 38% | MAMA | 4 | Word that might be said by a talking baby doll |
| 37% | SAG | 3 | Be affected by gravity |
| 37% | RISING | 6 | Being affected by yeast |
| 37% | GOWHERETHEIONIS | 15 | Be affected by electrical attraction? |
| 36% | EBERT | 5 | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" |
| 36% | TIRADES | 7 | Trade is affected by outbursts |
| 35% | BEGS | 4 | Is a bad dog by the dinner table, say |
| 35% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | Heavy metal band, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ELEGIES | 7 | English glee is affected by verses |
| 35% | SUPERMAN | 8 | He can be affected by kryptonite |
| 35% | EMPHASISE | 9 | Shame pies were affected by stress |
| 35% | STRANGENESS | 11 | Grant senses are affected by oddity |
| 35% | LIBEL | 5 | I'll be affected by defamation |
| 35% | DESPITE | 7 | Without being affected by, even so |
| 35% | SNEEZY | 6 | Affected by pollen, say |
| 35% | CONTACT | 7 | With 18 Across, method of tracking a contagion by using known human interactions, which doesn't work if there is too much community spread caused by big maskless rallies, I'm just saying |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | It may be affected by traffic, in brief |
| 34% | JAUNDICED | 9 | Affected by a very yellow complexion |