| 100% | WABI | 4 | With 5-Down, rhyming Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection |
| 58% | WABISABI | 8 | Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection |
| 37% | PIANO | 5 | With 5 Down, type of orchestral work |
| 36% | OLIVE | 5 | With 5 Down, liquid ingredient of 6 Down |
| 35% | MIXED | 5 | With 38-Down, bar offering found in each set of circles |
| 34% | VIBE | 4 | With 5-Across, assessment of the feeling in the room |
| 32% | NEEDY | 5 | In a constant state of want; rhymes with seedy |
| 32% | TEST | 4 | With 5-Down, try to find diagnostically |
| 32% | LIP | 3 | With 5-Down, match, in a way |
| 32% | ACURA | 5 | With 5-Down, auto debut of 1986 |
| 32% | SLOW | 4 | With 5-Down, sarcastic round of applause |
| 32% | MAI | 3 | With 5-Down, type of rum cocktail |
| 31% | BANK | 4 | With 5-Down, one seen in a cage |
| 31% | CHAIN | 5 | With 5-Down, shop in a mall, often |
| 31% | PAUL | 4 | With 5-Down, likely replacement of John Boehner |
| 31% | FIG | 3 | With 5-Down, source of Eve's leaves |
| 31% | COMING | 6 | With 5-Across, arriving in the area in the vein of this week's visitor |
| 31% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 38-Across, unpublicized skill found in each set of circles |
| 31% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 31% | BLACK | 5 | With 5-Down, a piano has 36 of these |
| 31% | HAD | 3 | With 5-Down, ate a bit of |
| 31% | CHINESE | 7 | With 43-Across, historical period found in each set of circled letters |
| 31% | CSI | 3 | With 5-Down, long-running forensic series set in Florida |
| 30% | AESTHETICS | 10 | Branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty and taste |
| 30% | STYES | 5 | Afflictions that rhyme with the body parts they're found in |
| 30% | MARRIEDUP | 9 | Settled down with someone out of one's league, in slang |
| 30% | TABLE | 5 | With 5-Down, it's often shaken out in a diner |
| 30% | MOS | 3 | With 5-Down, stage name of rapper/singer/actor Yasiin Bey |
| 30% | TERRA | 5 | With 5 Down, unglazed earthenware |
| 30% | REST | 4 | With 5 Down, welcome turnoffs |