| 100% | NORM | 4 | What's expected as a standard |
| 56% | QUICKSERVICE | 12 | What's expected at a taco truck |
| 55% | DUE | 3 | Expected, as a newborn's arrival |
| 54% | DUE | 3 | Expected, as a baby's birth date |
| 51% | TUXEDO | 6 | What's expected of a wedding guest for a "Black Tie Required" event |
| 49% | ONAGAINOFFAGAIN | 15 | Intermittent, as a romance, or what's in the starred answers |
| 49% | NORM | 4 | A standard, or expected practice |
| 49% | DUE | 3 | Expected, as a baby |
| 49% | UPFOR | 5 | Expecting, as a raise |
| 48% | LIFELIKE | 8 | Resembling what's real, as a doll |
| 48% | DUE | 3 | Expected, as a delivery date |
| 48% | AWAIT | 5 | Expect, as a phone call |
| 46% | SMALL | 5 | What S means, on a clothing tag |
| 46% | ALOE | 4 | What may come as a relief? |
| 46% | MAP | 3 | What may come as a relief? |
| 45% | AREA | 4 | What square foot as a unit represents |
| 45% | RUNAROUND | 9 | What to expect from a dishonest salesman |
| 45% | DISPERSION | 10 | What a standard deviation measures |
| 45% | QUICKREPLY | 10 | What a texter usually expects |
| 45% | DOUGH | 5 | What a croissant starts as |
| 45% | TYLENOLPM | 9 | What might come as a relief at night? |
| 45% | DATA | 4 | What a computer takes as input |
| 44% | ESS | 3 | S, written as a full word |
| 44% | TATAMI | 6 | Thick rectangular straw mat used as a standard to measure a Japanese room |
| 44% | SIZE | 4 | What S, M, L, or XL indicates on a clothing tag |
| 44% | EYELESS | 7 | Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are |
| 44% | BED | 3 | What a pull-out sofa doubles as |
| 44% | MPEGFILE | 8 | What a film may be emailed as |
| 44% | IDEA | 4 | What a great business starts off as |
| 44% | KIT | 3 | What a model airplane comes packaged as |