| 100% | YESES | 5 | "Sí" and "oui," to an English speaker |
| 51% | ESSAY | 5 | Composition submitted to an English teacher |
| 51% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind related to an English horn |
| 51% | ALEXA | 5 | Name spoken to an Amazon Echo speaker |
| 50% | CRUMPET | 7 | Breakfast cake similar to an English muffin |
| 50% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument similar to an English horn |
| 47% | YAWN | 4 | Reaction to an unexciting speaker |
| 46% | ETONCHALLAH | 11 | What an English student wore to a deli? |
| 46% | AIRINESS | 8 | Common to an open room and a snob |
| 46% | CUING | 5 | Signalling to an actor about lines and entrances |
| 46% | AMORE | 5 | Love, to an Italian speaker |
| 46% | YESES | 5 | Sí and oui |
| 45% | MESMER | 6 | Austrian physician who lent his name to an English word ending in "-ize" |
| 45% | BROWNING | 8 | Surname of an English poet and a firearm designer |
| 45% | THEORY | 6 | An idea to explain and understand something |
| 44% | ESSAY | 5 | One in a stack for an English teacher to grade |
| 44% | WRESTLING | 9 | To fight by grappling and holding an opponent |
| 44% | ADREAMWITHINADREAM | 18 | Question to an English teacher: "Why did Poe write his poem "___"? Answer: "___?" (with 98-Across) |
| 43% | TLDR | 4 | Response to an email that goes on and on, say: Abbr. |
| 43% | JULIUSCAESAR | 12 | Speaker of the Latin quote hidden in the answers to the starred clues ... and the English-language quote hidden in the answers to the double-starred clues |
| 43% | ING | 3 | English suffix equivalent to Spanish's -ando and -iendo |
| 43% | GLAMOROUS | 9 | To have an alluring sense of confidence and beauty |
| 43% | GAMIFY | 6 | Add rules and scoring to an activity |
| 43% | BIRKINBAG | 9 | Much-sought-after Hermès purse named after an English singer and actress |
| 43% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 42% | TRACTION | 8 | Weights and pulleys used to stretch an injury |
| 42% | HEMIN | 5 | To fold and sew an edge of an outfit: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NBA | 3 | An organisation which the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers belong to |
| 41% | STALLTHEKINGSMEN | 16 | Order from an old English outlaw to his cohorts? |
| 41% | BAR | 3 | Location to hang out and have an alcoholic drink |