| 100% | FIREPLUG | 8 | What may have a dog leg to the left or right? |
| 49% | GOWIDE | 6 | Miss to the left or right, as a field goal attempt |
| 48% | ALT | 3 | Key to the left or right of the space bar on a Windows keyboard |
| 45% | ASIDE | 5 | To the left or right |
| 44% | WIDE | 4 | Missing to the right or left, as a field goal |
| 44% | SIDE | 4 | To the left or right of an object |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | What may have a ring to it? |
| 42% | DOOR | 4 | What may have a "push" or "pull" sign |
| 41% | SCOLIOSIS | 9 | The left or right curvature of a person's spine |
| 40% | SIDEBAR | 7 | Vertical strip at the left or right of a website |
| 40% | DELI | 4 | What may have the makings of a hero? |
| 40% | EYEDROP | 7 | What may have the solution to your vision problems? |
| 40% | EBAYWINDOW | 10 | What might have the heading "Collectibles" or "Toys & Hobbies"? |
| 40% | PEOPLEFOOD | 10 | What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 39% | SWIPES | 6 | Left or right motions on Tinder to find a mate |
| 39% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 38% | DANCE | 5 | "___ floors are closed till further notice!" sign you might have seen if you hoped to shake a leg in Finland during the 1939 ban |
| 38% | WARMINGUP | 9 | Getting ready to exercise ... or what the words composed of circled letters are doing when read from left to right? |
| 38% | BOAT | 4 | It might have a sail or a motor attached to it |
| 38% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | DYEJOB | 6 | What might get to the root of a problem? |
| 38% | INDENT | 6 | Set to the right or the left |
| 38% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 38% | CEREALBOX | 9 | What might still have a little Life left in it? |
| 38% | AROMA | 5 | What might make a cartoon character float to the kitchen |
| 37% | BITEMARK | 8 | What may be left on the skin by an attacking dog |
| 37% | PLATE | 5 | What utensils go to the left and right of |
| 37% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 37% | STAIR | 5 | Place where one might have to get a leg up |
| 37% | BONE | 4 | What a dog might bury in the yard |