| 100% | ALLBETS | 7 | When they're off, there's no telling what the outcome will be |
| 47% | ODDS | 4 | The outcome is unlikely when they're slim |
| 45% | UNCURL | 6 | What pangolins will do when they're no longer afraid |
| 42% | RAREFORM | 8 | What an athlete may be in when they’re at the top of their game |
| 40% | ALL | 3 | There's no half measures about this when you're doing the laundry |
| 40% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 38% | SKY | 3 | The limit when there's no limit |
| 38% | INN | 3 | What there was no room at, in the Nativity story |
| 38% | STINGING | 8 | What bees are doing when they're attacking |
| 38% | TASTE | 5 | What there's no accounting for, they say |
| 38% | CIVILLAW | 8 | What someone tries to use when they yell, "I'll sue the pants off you!" |
| 38% | DOH | 3 | What Homer Simpson might say if there's no beer in the fridge |
| 37% | TOURS | 5 | What bands do when they're on the road |
| 37% | HATTRICKS | 9 | Three-goals-in-one-game hockey scoring feats ... or what the ends of 17-, 28- and 46-Across are when they're rearranged? |
| 37% | INN | 3 | "... there was no room for them in the ___" (Luke 2:7) |
| 37% | SNOWDAY | 7 | When there's no class because of all the banks? |
| 36% | OVATIONS | 8 | They're often standing when the curtains are lowered |
| 36% | BOYWHOCRIEDWOLF | 15 | "Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed" (with "The") |
| 35% | FAKE | 4 | (3/4) "But when you get there, the owner claims he's been duped as well. The thief cleverly pawned off a ___! (counterfeit)" |
| 35% | NANA | 4 | What the other actors likely called First Officer Kira Nerys of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" when she was off set |
| 35% | MARCHFO(U)RTH | 13 | Prior to the 20th Amendment, what 20-Across would do on 37-Across, or when they would do it |
| 35% | WHISTLING | 9 | What the 7 dwarfs are doing while they work |
| 34% | MINT | 4 | "What did the tic-tacs say when they fell in love? It was ___ to be" |
| 34% | CUTSINFRONT | 11 | "The horses are at the gate...and they're off! Pushy Linejumper quickly ___..." |
| 34% | ORDER | 5 | What the theme answers are in, or what they contain |
| 34% | AGAMEOFHORNETS | 14 | What’s being played when Charlotte’s NBA team is on the court? |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | "People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward |
| 33% | DARKDAY | 7 | When the lights are off on Broadway |
| 33% | SSH | 3 | Noise that's often heard when there's to be no noise |
| 33% | SOAR | 4 | What Eagles do when they are flying high |