| 100% | LATIN | 5 | What most college mottoes are in |
| 72% | LATIN | 5 | What many state mottoes are written in |
| 61% | ORBIT | 5 | What much space junk is in |
| 59% | PASTTENSE | 9 | What most novels are written in |
| 57% | SHAPE | 5 | What most athletes are in |
| 55% | ADS | 3 | What many pages in fashion magazines are |
| 55% | EXILE | 5 | What many are forced to live in |
| 55% | ADS | 3 | What many pages are in a fashion magazine |
| 54% | BOXES | 5 | What most cold cereals are sold in |
| 53% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many colleges are in the Big Ten? |
| 52% | UPSET | 5 | What many consider the Mets beating the Orioles in '69 to be |
| 51% | PERPETUALMOTRIN | 15 | In what state are many of your customers? |
| 50% | EROS | 4 | What most think the famous Piccadilly Circus statue is in London (it isn't) |
| 48% | SADDAY | 6 | What dropping off a last child at college is, to many parents |
| 47% | TENURE | 6 | What most college professors desire |
| 47% | DEBT | 4 | What many college students accrue |
| 45% | GEARSHIFTS | 10 | Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| 45% | EVIL | 4 | What most villains are |
| 45% | OAKEN | 5 | What many casks are |
| 45% | AUNTS | 5 | What many sisters are |
| 44% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 44% | EST | 3 | What most adjectives end in? |
| 44% | TAKENOTES | 9 | What most do in class |
| 44% | ISLAM | 5 | What most Chadians believe in |
| 44% | UNCLES | 6 | What many brothers are also |
| 44% | DEPOSITONLY | 11 | What many checks are for |
| 44% | TED | 3 | What many Edwards are called |
| 44% | PRAY | 4 | What many do in church |
| 43% | INNERCORE | 9 | Earth's most central geologic layer ... or what can be found in each set of puzzle circles |
| 43% | WAX | 3 | What most candles are made of |