| 100% | CATE | 4 | Wife in "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" |
| 27% | ARTY | 4 | Daughter of King Piye and wife of Shebitku in Egypt's 25th Dynasty (and person responsible for all those hieroglyphs, no doubt) |
| 27% | AUG | 3 | 8 in a date: Abbr. |
| 27% | FENGSHUI | 8 | Chinese rules for placing objects in a room |
| 27% | ANC | 3 | Ruling party in Pretoria, for short |
| 27% | REF | 3 | Rule enforcer in sports, for short |
| 26% | ALBA | 4 | Daughter in "The Time Traveler's Wife" |
| 26% | HEIRESS | 7 | Daughter next in line for a fortune |
| 25% | IMO | 3 | Internet slang for in my opinion |
| 25% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | In India, a marble mausoleum for a treasured wife |
| 25% | BIO | 3 | Mine, in brief, includes "cruciverbalist" and "mathematician" for example |
| 25% | BIO | 3 | Text in a dating profile, for short |
| 25% | LEGGO | 5 | "___ my Eggo!" (catchphrase in ads for frozen waffles) |
| 25% | ANNO | 4 | __ Domini, what AD stands for in dates |
| 25% | KATEY | 5 | Sagal of "8 Simple Rules" |
| 25% | SPEAK | 5 | "___ for yourself!" ("Don't put words in my mouth!") |
| 25% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Mausoleum built in India for emperor's wife |
| 24% | PENALTY | 7 | Sanction imposed in sport for breaking a rule |
| 24% | IFOLD | 5 | "Too rich for my blood," in poker: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SEP | 3 | Month with 09 in all its dates, for short |
| 24% | KATEYSAGAL | 10 | Star of TV's "8 Simple Rules" |
| 24% | UMP | 3 | Rule enforcer in some games, for short |
| 23% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 23% | PILAR | 5 | Pablo's wife and boat in For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 23% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | 2019 SAG Award winner for her role in "The Wife" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ETA | 3 | Greek vowel that I have 1443 definitions for in my crossword database |
| 23% | MARYWELLS | 9 | Smokey Robinson's My Guy was a hit for her in 1964 |