| 100% | STAPLE | 6 | What may connect the parts of a school assignment? |
| 50% | DELI | 4 | What may have the makings of a hero? |
| 48% | PREDICATE | 9 | Part of a sentence, tells what the subject's doing |
| 47% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 47% | TAG | 3 | Part of a shirt that might scratch the back of your neck |
| 47% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a book cover that might show the author's photo |
| 47% | NECK | 4 | Part of the body a vampire might bite |
| 46% | PALM | 4 | Part of the hand a fortune-teller may "read" |
| 46% | EGO | 3 | Part of the psyche that may need a boost |
| 46% | EGGWHITE | 8 | Part of what a chicken laid, not the yolk |
| 46% | FINS | 4 | Body parts of a fish that might stick out of the water |
| 46% | TIP | 3 | Part of the table that may give you a scratch? |
| 46% | LIP | 3 | Part of the face that might get a collagen injection |
| 45% | SERVICEBRAKES | 13 | What mechanics may do as part of a tuneup? |
| 45% | EATALLCOSTS | 11 | What the backer of a failing business may do? |
| 45% | ALLEY | 5 | What the back of a store might open onto |
| 45% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye that may also be a woman's name |
| 44% | YES | 3 | What a nod of the head might indicate |
| 44% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 44% | LIBRARY | 7 | Part of a school |
| 44% | BIGDIPPER | 9 | Part of 17-Across ... and what the circles from A to G depict |
| 44% | SEM | 3 | Part of a school yr. |
| 44% | UNIT | 4 | Part of a school course |
| 44% | SKIRT | 5 | Part of a school uniform |
| 44% | CLASS | 5 | Part of a school schedule |
| 43% | RABBIT | 6 | What a magician might pull out of the [circled letters] |
| 43% | MEETS | 5 | Parts of a school athletic calendar |
| 43% | MINUS | 5 | Part of a school grade, maybe |
| 43% | SEM | 3 | Part of a school year: Abbr. |
| 43% | EDU | 3 | Part of a school's URL |