| 100% | EMCEE | 5 | Word that comes from the initials of "master of ceremonies" |
| 64% | EBB | 3 | Word that comes from the Old English for "falling of the tide" |
| 64% | STAN | 4 | Word meaning "superfan" that comes from the title of an Eminem song |
| 60% | UVEA | 4 | Part of the eye that comes from the Latin word for 'grape' |
| 60% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 58% | SCRUTINY | 8 | Word that comes from the Late Latin word meaning "those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value" |
| 57% | ATOM | 4 | Word that comes from the Greek for "indivisible" |
| 57% | ATHEIST | 7 | Word that comes from the Greek for "godless" |
| 57% | DIVA | 4 | Word that comes from the Latin for “goddess” |
| 57% | TEPEE | 5 | Word that comes from the Lakota for "dwelling" |
| 56% | APRON | 5 | Word that comes from the Latin for "little napkin" |
| 55% | CINNAMON | 8 | Spice that comes from the bark of a tree |
| 54% | BUTT | 4 | Pork ___ (cut that comes from the shoulder of the pig) |
| 54% | BUTT | 4 | Pork ___ (cut that comes from the shoulder of a pig) |
| 54% | ESSO | 4 | Gas brand whose name comes from the initials of Standard Oil |
| 54% | ORAN | 4 | Port name that comes from the Berber for "place of lions" |
| 53% | TELEOLOGY | 9 | Branch of causality that comes from the Greek for "study of the end" |
| 52% | TOPSIDE | 7 | Cut of beef that comes from the rear of the cow above the leg |
| 52% | IKEA | 4 | Store chain whose name partly comes from the initials of its founder, Ingvar Kamprad |
| 52% | NOH | 3 | Form of classical dance drama whose name comes from the word for "skill", that's been continuously performed in Japan since the 14th century |
| 51% | FOR | 3 | Word that comes before Dummies in the titles of well over 300 books |
| 51% | RUMP | 4 | Beef cut that comes from the rear portion of a cow |
| 51% | SASHAY | 6 | Verb that comes from a corruption of the ballet term "chassé" |
| 51% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 51% | MYRIAD | 6 | Word for “large number” that comes from the word for “ten thousand” in Greek |
| 51% | CAMERA | 6 | Name for an instrument that comes from the Latin word for "chamber" |
| 51% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 51% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | AGHA | 4 | Old Istanbul bigwig's title that comes from the word for "elder brother" |
| 49% | FIRST | 5 | Word that may precede the initial parts of 17- and 62-Across and 9- and 33-Down |