| 100% | ADSPEAK | 7 | "Operators are standing by" and "Call now!," e.g. |
| 49% | CRANEOPERATORS | 14 | Animals who are standing by to take your calls? |
| 48% | CALLNOW | 7 | ''Operators are standing by!'' |
| 47% | CALLCENTERS | 11 | Where "operators are standing by" |
| 44% | ERS | 3 | Where operators may be standing by: Abbr. |
| 42% | NBC | 3 | Its musical ID is just the notes G, E and C |
| 41% | NOTES | 5 | In music, they are A, B, C, D, E, F and G |
| 40% | WEB | 3 | "Charlotte's ___," by E. B. White which is about a pig and a spider |
| 39% | WHERE | 5 | "___ Are U Now," song by Skrillex, Diplo and Justin Bieber which won a Grammy in 2016 |
| 39% | OPERATORS | 9 | They always seem to be standing by |
| 39% | INNERDEMONS | 11 | Hell's Kitchen now requires its chefs to "dress the part" and they are affectionately called ...
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| 38% | ASTRONOMY | 9 | Poem by A. E. Housman which is also the study of celestial objects and space phenomena |
| 38% | GMC | 3 | Automaker whose Hummer E.V. was called a “ghastly behemoth” in a review by The Verge |
| 38% | AYOH | 4 | Call and response acapella by Freddie Mercury that came to be known as "The Note Heard Round the World" |
| 38% | ERR | 3 | Call someone by the wrong name, e.g. |
| 38% | SPINOFFS | 8 | "Frasier" and "Better Call Saul", e.g. |
| 37% | LEVANT | 6 | The —, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was formerly known |
| 37% | LOVE | 4 | "Crazy Little Thing Called ___," 1979 song by Queen that is a tribute to Elvis Presley and Sir Cliff Richard |
| 37% | IDIOMS | 6 | "Play it by ear" and "all ears," e.g. |
| 36% | SPOOFS | 6 | "Murder by Death" and "Young Frankenstein," e.g. |
| 36% | PRELL | 5 | Green Proctor and Gamble introduction of 1947, now owned by Scott's Liquid Gold-Inc., that was promoted using pearls |
| 36% | ABET | 4 | Aid by being a lookout, e.g. |
| 36% | ADAGE | 5 | "Eat, drink and be merry," e.g. |
| 36% | VOTE | 4 | Stand up and be counted |
| 35% | PERFORMER | 9 | Contortionist, e.g., and, read syllable by syllable, a hint to the starred answers |
| 35% | STARTER | 7 | Appetizer, e.g. ... and what a 15 Across usually is, on the baseball diamond |
| 35% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | Television series which is set in a magical realm called "London Below" and was later adapted into a novel by 45a |
| 35% | STOPPER | 7 | Cork, e.g. ... and what a standout 12 Across usually is, on the baseball diamond |
| 35% | XXXXXXXXXXXXX | 13 | Get in on the winnings after "I-24" and "G-55" are called? |
| 35% | CUNARD | 6 | Samuel ___, who got the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract in 1839 and whose company is now owned by the Carnival Corporation |