| 100% | UNO | 3 | What's next to nothing in Nogales? |
| 57% | CHEAPO | 6 | For next to nothing, in slang |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | It's next to nothing |
| 52% | IOTA | 4 | It's next to nothing |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | *It's next to nothing |
| 49% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 47% | ONE | 3 | Next to nothing? |
| 47% | CENT | 4 | Next to nothing? |
| 46% | SOHO | 4 | It's next to Mayfair, in London |
| 45% | SLIM | 4 | Next to nothing, as a chance |
| 45% | WORKSFORPEANUTS | 15 | Makes next to nothing |
| 44% | LETTERSONTHEKEYS | 16 | What's needed in order to escape this crossword |
| 44% | FOILEDYOURTAXES | 15 | What your accountant has hopefully done by April 15 in order to leave you owing nothing? |
| 44% | AGITATE | 7 | What "singer" in seat next to you will do |
| 44% | XENON | 5 | It's next to iodine in the periodic table |
| 44% | PLATINUM | 8 | It's next to gold in the periodic table |
| 43% | NADA | 4 | Nothing, in Nogales |
| 42% | ALONGSIDE | 9 | Next to, in a line with |
| 42% | CLEANLINESS | 11 | It's next to 10-Down, both in an adage and literally in this puzzle |
| 41% | PLEA | 4 | What a defendant enters in response to a judge's question |
| 41% | TEAM | 4 | What there's no "I" in, according to a coaching phrase |
| 41% | SEGUE | 5 | Move smoothly to what's next |
| 41% | STIR | 4 | What to do to paint that's in a just-opened can |
| 41% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 40% | EWDAVID | 7 | What Alexis says to her brother in Schitt's Creek |
| 40% | SAT | 3 | What S stands for in "SNL," for short |
| 40% | ANTE | 4 | What's required to be "in" |
| 40% | IAM | 3 | What "woof" might translate to in response to "Who's a good boy?" |
| 40% | SAILS | 5 | Travels over what's hidden in the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 40% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |