| 100% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 49% | DAS | 3 | Word that can precede EFX or Racist to create the name of a hip-hop group |
| 44% | BEAST | 5 | Word that can follow "belly of the" or "nature of the" |
| 43% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 43% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | HOUSE | 5 | Word that can follow the end of 21-, 33-, 43- or 56-Across |
| 43% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 43% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 43% | HOP | 3 | Word that can follow "bunny" and "Lindy" to make dances from the mid-1900s |
| 43% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 43% | WAR | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 15-, 18-, 34-, 48- or 55-Across |
| 43% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 43% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- or 61-Across |
| 42% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 16-, 22-, 31-, 40-, 45- or 56-Across |
| 41% | DAY | 3 | Word that can follow the first part or precede the second part of 22-, 28-, 46- or 55-Across |
| 40% | SATE | 4 | Word that can fill in the blanks in _ _ T I A _ _ to form a synonym of itself |
| 40% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 39% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 38% | SCAPE | 5 | Word that can follow sea and man to make new words |
| 38% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 38% | KEY | 3 | Fundamental, and a word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 38% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | METER | 5 | Word following "thermo" or sphygmomano" to refer to a device that lets the doctor read your vitals |
| 37% | BRAID | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 4-, 7- and 10-Down |
| 37% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 37% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 37% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 37% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 37% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |