| 100% | FLY | 3 | "...Take these broken wings and learn to ___" ("Blackbird" by The Beatles) |
| 74% | BLACKBIRD | 9 | Beatles song with the lyric "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" |
| 43% | RATEHIKE | 8 | Step taken by the Federal Reserve to manage inflation . . . and what’s illustrated by this puzzle’s circled squares |
| 41% | LETUP | 5 | Take a break, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | PLANE | 5 | *Transport* Take this to soar into the sky and fly along with the birds |
| 39% | INS | 3 | "It took me a while to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 39% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | URBANOASIS | 10 | Place to take a break from the hustle and bustle |
| 38% | TICKET | 6 | Song by the Beatles: "__ to Ride" |
| 38% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking lots of risks ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| 37% | DRAW | 4 | ___ two, play this card to make the next player take two cards and lose their turn |
| 37% | WINDING | 7 | Song by the Beatles: "The Long and __ Road" |
| 36% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 36% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 36% | GLOVES | 6 | Take these off to intensify the fight |
| 36% | EXITRAMP | 8 | Take this to get off the highway |
| 36% | SADIE | 5 | Title woman in songs by the Beatles and the Spinners |
| 36% | THESECRETRACE | 13 | Biography by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle that takes the readers to the professional world of cycling: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ALEXA | 5 | "____, play 'Yellow Submarine,' by the Beatles" (directive to an Amazon Echo) |
| 35% | HOLD | 4 | The Beatles want to do this to "Your Hand" |
| 34% | IME | 3 | "___ Mine": last track recorded by the Beatles before they broke up in 1970 |
| 34% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 34% | YOUNEED | 7 | "All ___ is Love," 1967 song by The Beatles about peace and love: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PUSSYCAT | 8 | The Owl and this animal went to sea |
| 33% | LSD | 3 | Psychedelic drug taken by the Beatles |
| 33% | REST | 4 | To take a break and relax |
| 33% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 33% | ABS | 3 | Muscles sometimes advertised by the time it takes to produce them |
| 33% | MENTORED | 8 | Took under one's wing to show the ropes |