| 100% | OTHER | 5 | "In ___ words ..." ("What I mean is ...") |
| 86% | TBH | 3 | "That is what I really mean," in Internet slang: Abbr. |
| 81% | IOTA | 4 | What I will represent in Greece |
| 80% | TOWIT | 5 | "What I mean is ..." |
| 76% | CAPS | 4 | What angry words are written in |
| 76% | ALLCAPS | 7 | WHAT THESE WORDS ARE WRITTEN IN |
| 76% | DOWN | 4 | What direction this word is in |
| 76% | NERO | 4 | His dying words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 76% | NERO | 4 | His last words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 76% | NERO | 4 | His last words were, “What an artist the world is losing in me!” |
| 74% | SHADESOFPINK | 12 | What seven key words in this puzzle are |
| 74% | CHEESE | 6 | What the Spanish word queso means in English |
| 74% | YES | 3 | What the Greek word nai means in English |
| 74% | YES | 3 | What the Spanish word "sí" means in English |
| 74% | WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU | 19 | What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle? |
| 72% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 72% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning |
| 71% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 71% | SIC | 3 | Word meaning "that error is how it was written," in print |
| 71% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __ means to be explained in few words |
| 71% | BURSTINGATTHESEAMS | 18 | Overflowing, or what the words in the circles are? |
| 71% | SLAIN | 5 | “O, I am ___” (Polonius’s last words, in “Hamlet”) |
| 71% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I think," in textspeak |
| 71% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I think," in texts |
| 70% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 70% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 70% | BLEATS | 6 | What you hear in this conversation: "Nice weather we're having today." "Ewe said it. Get it? I said 'ewe'!" "Ugh, that pun was awful." "You mean ... it was baaad?" |
| 70% | SALT | 4 | What ancient Roman soldiers were supposedly paid in, hence the word "salary" |
| 70% | LIFT | 4 | UK word for what is an elevator in the US |
| 70% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I think," in texting shorthand |