100% | OCTAL | 5 | With 8 as the base |
60% | NORTH | 5 | With 8-Across, country whose legislature is known as the Supreme People's Assembly |
55% | LOAD | 4 | Fill, as the bases |
52% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | With "The," one of 50 since 8/21/1959, as hinted at by the answers to starred clues |
50% | LETTUCE | 7 | Green vegetable used as the base of many salads |
50% | POCKET | 6 | Sink, as the 8-ball |
49% | OBOVATE | 7 | Narrow at the base, as leaves |
48% | UNCLE | 5 | With 8-Across, personification of the U.S. government |
47% | CHASTE | 6 | Pure, as the driven snow (rhymes with "taste") |
47% | CHEFS | 5 | With 8-Across, gesture with the fingers and lips meaning "Exquisite!" |
47% | FUNNY | 5 | With 8-Across, "humorous" part of the body near the humerus |
47% | NORTH | 5 | WIth 8-Across, diplomatically negotiated participant in the 2018 Winter Olympics |
47% | CITI | 4 | With 8-Across, two-wheel transportation service in the Big Apple |
47% | DEADPOOL | 8 | Marvel antihero, known as the Merc with a Mouth |
46% | EVEN | 4 | The opposite of "Odd," as with numbers |
46% | ODD | 3 | The opposite of "Even," as with numbers |
46% | ODD | 3 | The opposite of even, as with numbers |
46% | EVEN | 4 | The opposite of odd, as with numbers |
46% | TILLERED | 8 | Sent forth new shoots from the base, as a plant |
46% | USSWASP | 7 | It's known as the Ship With the Mighty Stinger |
46% | WAILERS | 7 | 1960s-'70s group originally known as the Teenagers, with "the" |
45% | BRUSHES | 7 | Brief encounters, as with the law |
45% | DRUM | 4 | Show impatience, as with the fingers |
45% | KNEAD | 5 | Work with the hands, as dough |
45% | ORAL | 4 | Concerning the mouth, as with health |
45% | APAR | 4 | On ___ with (about the same as) |
45% | HUSTLER | 7 | The __, movie with Paul Newman as a pool player |
45% | KARATEKID | 9 | The __, 80s movie with Pat Morita as master Miyagi |
44% | ORAL | 4 | Pertaining to the mouth, as with health |
44% | DAB | 3 | Apply gently with the fingertips, as makeup |