| 100% | DUSTBUNNY | 9 | What a parent may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| 89% | MONSTER | 7 | What a child may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| 43% | MAIN | 4 | What a town's central street may be named |
| 41% | PRESENT | 7 | What might be set under the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 38% | QRCIU | 5 | What the listener might think 16-Across's name is? |
| 38% | MEANDMYSHADROE | 14 | What a person about to eat fish eggs might be thinking? |
| 37% | EGGS | 4 | What the six geese might be a-laying |
| 37% | ORE | 3 | What may be under a mountaintop |
| 37% | BRA | 3 | What might be under a top |
| 37% | EJECT | 5 | What a fighter pilot might do from the cockpit if the plane is hit |
| 36% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 36% | TINSEL | 6 | What might be hung from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 36% | GARLAND | 7 | What might be draped from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 36% | LIGHTS | 6 | What might be strung from the item hidden in this puzzle |
| 36% | HER | 3 | (4/7) He couldn't stop thinking about [2013 sci-fi rom-com starring Joaquin Phoenix]...or what may be the fourth sentence in a romantic story |
| 36% | SHIP | 4 | What a fool might be using to cross the sea, according to a Grateful Dead song? |
| 36% | ASL | 3 | What might be seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |
| 36% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 35% | MOUSE | 5 | It might be under the paw of a cat ... or a computer user |
| 35% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 35% | ROADRAGE | 8 | What you might think "The Fast and the Furious" is about? |
| 35% | DRYEYE | 6 | What there may not be "in the house" during a tearjerker |
| 35% | PRIZE | 5 | What may be on the line in a competition |
| 35% | SONINLAW | 8 | What a husband is to his spouse's parents |
| 35% | COMA | 4 | What a person who's out may be in |
| 35% | COAL | 4 | What a snowman's eyes might be made of |
| 35% | POT | 3 | What may be at stake as a result of the ruling at 37-Across |
| 35% | AGE | 3 | What a driver’s license might be used to confirm |
| 34% | THEONEMAN | 9 | What a parent might warn a child to watch out for |
| 34% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |