| 100% | UGHS | 4 | Words from those holding their noses |
| 42% | ALAS | 4 | Word from Hamlet while holding a skull |
| 41% | BLADDER | 7 | Organ that holds urine from the kidneys |
| 40% | UGHS | 4 | Words said while holding the nose |
| 40% | AND | 3 | Word that separates Tom from Jerry? |
| 39% | SPANDAU | 7 | Prison that held Rudolf Hess from 1947 to 1987 |
| 38% | ATOM | 4 | Word that comes from the Greek for "indivisible" |
| 38% | TSETSE | 6 | English word that comes from Tswana |
| 37% | FERRET | 6 | Animal that drives rabbits from their burrows |
| 37% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
| 37% | FERRET | 6 | Polecat relative that drives animals from their burrows |
| 37% | RHEUM | 5 | Discharge that drips from the nose or eyes |
| 36% | RELY | 4 | Word from Old French for "hold firmly" |
| 36% | REIN | 4 | Word from the Latin for ''hold back'' |
| 35% | PARONYM | 7 | Word derived from another that has a related meaning, like "wisdom" from "wise" |
| 35% | MAITAI | 6 | Drink that gets its name from the Tahitian word for "good" |
| 35% | EPCOT | 5 | Attraction that dropped the word "Center" from its name in 1994 |
| 35% | ASTI | 4 | Sparkling Italian wine that dropped the word "spumante" from its name |
| 34% | UVEA | 4 | Part of the eye that comes from the Latin word for 'grape' |
| 34% | KARAOKE | 7 | Common English word for a sing-along that was derived from Japanese |
| 34% | CAFE | 4 | Common English word for an informal restaurant that was derived from French |
| 34% | MACHO | 5 | Common English word for a masculine guy that was derived from Spanish |
| 33% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | *Words that come from clams |
| 33% | ASTI | 4 | Sparkling Italian wine that dropped the word "spumante" from its name in 1993 |
| 32% | KID | 3 | Word that's missing from 20-, 26-, 48- and 59-Across and 9- and 39-Down |
| 32% | INS | 3 | Those holding office |
| 32% | SAC | 3 | Cul-de-___, common English word for a dead end that was derived from French |
| 32% | ETTU | 4 | Words from Caesar |
| 32% | ODES | 4 | Words from Wordsworth |
| 32% | ICAME | 5 | Words from Caesar |