| 100% | HAWK | 4 | "H is for ___" (Helen Macdonald memoir about falconry and grief) |
| 34% | PUN | 3 | Comment about a miserable, rainy and overcast day: "There is gloom for improvement!", for example |
| 33% | BELLS | 5 | "Jingle ___," popular holiday song about sleigh rides that was originally written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas |
| 33% | OAKS | 4 | These trees can live for over 1500 years and one in Bulgaria is about 1700 years old |
| 33% | ADDAMS | 6 | "The ___ Family," movie about a spooky and kooky family, that would be perfect for a movie night |
| 33% | SEEMS | 5 | Is for all intents and purposes |
| 32% | ADDAMS | 6 | "The ___ Family," movie about a spooky and kooky family, that would be perfect for a Halloween movie night |
| 31% | WHOSWHO | 7 | ["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello |
| 31% | SLEEPWALKS | 10 | Is out and about |
| 31% | STIR | 4 | Be up and about |
| 31% | WALKINONESSLEEP | 15 | Be out and about? |
| 31% | OSCARS | 6 | Awards for Helen Hunt and Holly Hunter |
| 31% | TRIANGLE | 8 | __ shapes are for strength and life cycles |
| 30% | CLOSE | 5 | About to be defeated and shut |
| 30% | THATSALL | 8 | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 30% | DAMES | 5 | Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith, for two |
| 30% | DAMES | 5 | Helen Mirren and Judi Dench, for two |
| 30% | VISAS | 5 | H-1B and B-1, for two |
| 29% | KELLER | 6 | Helen __; social activist who was deaf and blind |
| 29% | SNEEZED | 7 | Was irritated and made some noise about it? |
| 29% | FITON | 5 | Be of the right size and shape for |
| 29% | RUNATAB | 7 | Be in the red for black and tans? |
| 29% | RECLUSIVE | 9 | Unlikely to be out and about |
| 29% | MTS | 3 | Everest and St. Helens, for short |
| 29% | SEINFELD | 8 | Show known for being about nothing |
| 29% | PSA | 3 | Spot about being green, for short |
| 29% | FOMO | 4 | Angst about being excluded, for short |
| 29% | REPUTABLE | 9 | Known for being trustworthy and reliable |
| 29% | CASTLESMADEOF | 13 | "___ Sand," a song by Jimi Hendrix that is about the temporary nature of existence and how nothing can be taken for granted: 3 wds. |
| 29% | PARENS | 6 | What “(” and “)” are, for short |