| 100% | NUMERAL | 7 | What's required in some passwords |
| 56% | FATE | 4 | What's twisted in some tales |
| 56% | DATA | 4 | What's limited in some plans |
| 55% | SKIN | 4 | What's crispy in some fried chicken |
| 55% | CHEEKBONE | 9 | What's highlighted in some makeup tutorials |
| 53% | EGG | 3 | What's in some potato salad |
| 50% | RENT | 4 | What's held back in some strikes |
| 48% | ANTE | 4 | What's required to be "in" |
| 47% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | SAT | 3 | What S stands for in "SNL," for short |
| 46% | OIL | 3 | Crude ___ (what's in some pipelines) |
| 46% | ABSENTIA | 8 | What some vote in |
| 46% | SELFPITY | 8 | What some wallow in |
| 45% | THESMURFS | 9 | What are depicted in some blue prints? |
| 45% | SPANKS | 6 | Engages in some S & M play, say |
| 45% | MEETS | 5 | What some runners run in |
| 45% | UNISON | 6 | What some singers sing in |
| 45% | ATIE | 4 | What some games end in |
| 45% | THEFIFTH | 8 | What some take, in defense |
| 45% | AFLAT | 5 | What some symphonies are in |
| 45% | ARUT | 4 | What some are stuck in |
| 45% | EXILE | 5 | What some traitors end up in |
| 45% | SLOWMOTION | 10 | What some plays are shown in |
| 45% | EXILE | 5 | What some dictators end up in |
| 45% | DRAG | 4 | What some performers lip-sync in |
| 45% | APPEAL | 6 | What some losers in court do |
| 45% | EVENPAR | 7 | What some shoot in a round |
| 45% | MOCHA | 5 | What some get in their latte |
| 45% | OMEN | 4 | What some see in an eclipse |
| 45% | ATIE | 4 | What some football games end in |