| 100% | GROUNDHOWLING | 13 | "I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ..." |
| 32% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 31% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 31% | WRAP | 4 | (4/6) "Gather 'round, everyone! It's time to ___ these lovely presents! Just a bit more ribbon, and they'll be perfect! Ready for some sparkle?" |
| 31% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 30% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 30% | BAKERSDOZEN | 11 | It's a bit more than it sounds, and hints at this puzzle's theme |
| 30% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 30% | TOTO | 4 | "Rosanna by ___ but every time it says rosanna i say banana and take a bite of a banana" (YouTube video) |
| 29% | UNDERWATER | 10 | Mortgaged to the hilt and then some ... and where it's at |
| 29% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 29% | BEHINDBARS | 10 | "I merely agreed to serve beer at some pubs, and now I'm ___!" |
| 28% | OUT | 3 | "I'm writing a poem about constellations, and it's really ___ of this world" |
| 28% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 28% | TIM | 3 | (5/6)"On the way to 43d, we can also stop for a quick bite at ___ Hortons. Let's get some donuts and coffee, and be on our way!" |
| 28% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that" ("It's new to me") |
| 28% | CROWNJEWELS | 11 | Some sparklers at King Charles III's coronation, and a literal feature of 3-, 7-, and 22-Down? |
| 28% | INS | 3 | "It took me a while to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 28% | SORTS | 5 | It's unsettling to be out of them |
| 28% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 28% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Tower of straw it's hard to find a needle in |
| 28% | GRATER | 6 | It's used to shred a block of cheese |
| 28% | USERNAME | 8 | It's entered to enter some websites |
| 27% | DOWN | 4 | "I am reading a book on the history of glue. It's impossible to put ___!" |
| 27% | INERTGAS | 8 | It's hard to get a reaction out of it |
| 27% | WORLD | 5 | "It's a dog eat dog ___ and I'm wearing Milk-bone underwear," quote by Norm on "Cheers" |
| 27% | MEDAL | 5 | An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it |
| 27% | BELL | 4 | It's rung to begin a day of Wall Street trading |
| 27% | NEWSFLASHBUDDY | 14 | According to a viral Trill Withers tweet, it's white people's equivalent of "you got me [bleep]ed up" |
| 27% | SMOKE | 5 | If it's white at the Vatican it's a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and Greek pitch |