| 100% | ONTOP | 5 | Where to put the cherry of a sundae |
| 46% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 44% | LAPEL | 5 | Where to put a pin on a jacket |
| 43% | RHINO | 5 | Where to see the horn of Africa? |
| 42% | BAR | 3 | Where to see a round of shots |
| 42% | EUROPE | 6 | Where to find a piece of Turkey |
| 42% | SPA | 3 | Where to have a day of pampering |
| 42% | PUB | 3 | Where to order a pint of ale |
| 41% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 41% | BEEHIVE | 7 | Where to find the ends of 19-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 41% | LIQUORSTORE | 11 | Where to purchase the starts of 21-, 26- and 45-Across |
| 41% | ANODE | 5 | Where to connect one end of a jumper cable |
| 41% | SNAP | 4 | Start of a play to the quarterback |
| 40% | SOLE | 4 | Part of a sneaker where the tread is |
| 40% | PALM | 4 | Where to find the Mercury line and the Girdle of Venus |
| 40% | BOXSEAT | 7 | Where to get a good view of a hit and run |
| 40% | MAINSTREET | 10 | Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typically |
| 40% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CLIMAX | 6 | Part of a book where you're unlikely to stop |
| 39% | ESTUARY | 7 | Wide part of a river where it meets the sea |
| 39% | EASYON | 6 | Start of a billboard catchphrase meaning "close to the highway" |
| 39% | RATED | 5 | Put on a scale of 1 to 10 |
| 39% | TWENTYFIVEYEARS | 15 | Start of a tribute to the Metropolitan Opera's James Levine |
| 39% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which the hook is attached |
| 39% | RESETS | 6 | Puts back to the original position, like a speedometer |
| 38% | ELOPERS | 7 | Visitors to a justice of the peace |
| 38% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 38% | HOMERAWAYFROMHOMER | 18 | A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"? |
| 38% | SCOTCHWITHABASSCHASER | 21 | Use a fisherman to put the kibosh on? |
| 38% | RESEAT | 6 | Usher to a different part of the theater |