| 100% | SOYEAH | 6 | "And, uh, that's what happened" |
| 73% | EVENT | 5 | That's what happens |
| 63% | SKED | 4 | What's happening and when, informally |
| 61% | CHANGEOFSEASONS | 15 | What happens tomorrow ... and a hint to this grid's circled letters |
| 58% | SUREWHYNOT | 10 | "Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" |
| 57% | THEWORST | 8 | Dr Pepper ad slogan: What's __ that could happen? |
| 57% | AND | 3 | "So what happened after that?" |
| 57% | LIVEINTHEMOMENT | 15 | Ignore both what's happened and what's to come |
| 56% | GOOD | 4 | “That’s what I wanted to happen!” |
| 56% | LETS | 4 | "___ see what happens..." (wait and watch) |
| 54% | CLIMATECHANGE | 13 | Existential ecological concern, and what's happening with the cross-referenced answers |
| 53% | ROOM | 4 | What's left in a cup of coffee so that you can add cream and sugar |
| 53% | WORST | 5 | "What's the ___ that could happen?" |
| 53% | WORST | 5 | "What's the ___ that can happen?" |
| 53% | DOOMSCROLLING | 13 | Habit of incessantly reading bad news online, and what's happening in the circles |
| 53% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Coins in one's pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles |
| 53% | AINTWEGOTFUN | 12 | Musical Question: "___?"Andy's Answer: "No, and what kind of English is that anyway?" |
| 53% | UTES | 4 | White River ___ (Native American band that settled in and around what's now Colorado) |
| 53% | PUTAPININIT | 11 | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 52% | YODAGRITTED | 11 | What happened that time when a Jedi made noise with his teeth? |
| 52% | SPOILER | 7 | Comment that reveals what happens in a film |
| 52% | DOIDARE | 7 | ''What's the worst that could happen?'' |
| 52% | ACCIDENT | 8 | Event that happens suddenly and unexpectedly |
| 51% | SEE | 3 | "Let's ___ what happens" |
| 51% | UHOH | 4 | "That's not what I wanted to have happen": Hyph. |
| 51% | MOON | 4 | What Earth has that Mercury and Venus both lack |
| 51% | COLOR | 5 | What humans can see that whales and sharks cannot |
| 51% | STAYTUNED | 9 | "Stick around and let's see what happens!" |
| 51% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | ANDTHEN | 7 | "Here's what happened next" |