| 100% | COBB | 4 | What would you call a salad with the ingredients lined up in rows? |
| 42% | ALFREDO | 7 | What would you call a fettuccine dish made with parmesan and butter? |
| 42% | SALISBURY | 9 | What would you call a steak made from ground beef and served with gravy? |
| 40% | SMITH | 5 | What would you call a "granny" apple that's green in color? |
| 40% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest song with the line “Mr. Dinkins, would you please be my mayor?” |
| 39% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 37% | SHIFT | 5 | What you would do with gears in a car |
| 37% | CHUCK | 5 | What would you call a mouse who serves you cheese? |
| 37% | FOSTER | 6 | What would you call a banana dessert prepared by flambeing? |
| 36% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 36% | TSO | 3 | What would you call a General who serves you Chinese food? |
| 36% | SANDERS | 7 | What would you call a Colonel who serves you food from KFC? |
| 36% | GRAHAM | 6 | What would you call a cinnamon-flavored cracker made of coarse flour? |
| 36% | RONALD | 6 | What would you call a clown who serves you food from McDonald's? |
| 35% | LEG | 3 | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| 34% | MESS | 4 | What you end up with when your kid's school volcano project prematurely erupts in the kitchen |
| 34% | BASKIN | 6 | What would you call someone who partners with Robbins to serve you ice cream? |
| 34% | CHOPPED | 7 | With 58-Across, salad fixings ... and what you'll find aptly hidden in puzzle rows 4, 6 and 10 |
| 33% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 32% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 31% | TIE | 3 | What you would wear with a suit |
| 31% | SIT | 3 | What you would do with a chair |
| 31% | BAGGAGECLAIM | 12 | Miranda Lambert single with the lines "You got a lot of luggage in your name / When you hit the ground, check the lost and found" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BEE | 3 | What you would find in a hive |
| 31% | HOTLINE | 7 | What to call with in a crisis |
| 31% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 31% | XAXIS | 5 | It lines up with the line y = 0, in math |
| 31% | WET | 3 | What standing in the rain will make you |
| 31% | MRMOM | 5 | Movie with the line "You crazy? You fed a baby chili?" |
| 31% | INFO | 4 | What you would find in a FAQ, for short |