| 100% | ASTERN | 6 | Where you soon end up if you fall off the 16th deck of the "Symphony of the Seas" |
| 29% | FASTLANE | 8 | Part of the highway where you can pick up speed |
| 29% | PAPER | 5 | Where you may find the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 28% | ICARIAN | 7 | — Sea, area of the Aegean where, according to legend, Icarus fell from the sky |
| 28% | SERVINGSUGGESTION | 17 | "Waiter, you can hold off bringing the coffee till the end of the meal" |
| 27% | POSTCARD | 8 | Vacation memento ... or where you might find the ends of the answers to starred clues? |
| 27% | LAO | 3 | Language that becomes the name of where it's spoken if you add an "s" |
| 27% | LUNCHBOXES | 10 | Backpack containers where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 27% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 27% | OCEAN | 5 | Place you might wind up if you walk down the isle? |
| 27% | ALLOVERTHEMAP | 13 | Wildly diverse, and where you'll find the ends of 20-, 28-, 39- and 47-Across |
| 27% | YEA | 3 | Positive vote that would be a unit of time if you added an R to the end |
| 27% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 26% | IONIAN | 6 | Sea off the west coast of Greece |
| 26% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 26% | ONBALANCE | 9 | If you add up the pros and cons |
| 26% | FARM | 4 | Where you might turn up a lot of dirt |
| 26% | GONEAWRY | 8 | Ended up off the mark |
| 25% | CORONAS | 7 | The "Gran" variety of these can be over 9 inches long, but then you have to slice off the end to use them |
| 25% | APRISONSAIL | 11 | Where the criminal seaman ended up? |
| 25% | ESTUARY | 7 | Body of water where the river meets the sea |
| 25% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 25% | SANK | 4 | Fell to the bottom of the sea |
| 25% | DEC | 3 | End of the fall semester, usually: Abbr. |
| 25% | AEGEAN | 6 | Sea at one end of the Dardanelles |
| 25% | NOTINCORRIGE | 12 | End of the message (we warned you!) |
| 25% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 25% | ACE | 3 | Part of the upper deck? |
| 25% | BAH | 3 | Expletive heard often if you happen to be a member of the Cratchit family |
| 25% | SHALLOWS | 8 | Area of the sea where the water is not deep |