| 100% | ARUT | 4 | "Stuck in ___" ("Stuck in the same routine"): 2 wds. |
| 81% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (doing the same old thing): 2 wds. |
| 77% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (doing the same old, same old): 2 wds. |
| 73% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (same old routine): 2 wds. |
| 72% | ARUT | 4 | "I'm stuck in ___!" (same old routine): 2 wds. |
| 71% | AGEMATES | 8 | Students in the same class: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ATOE | 4 | Stick ___ in the water: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ALA | 3 | In the same manner as: 2 wds. |
| 69% | INARUT | 6 | Stuck with the same old routine (3 wds.) |
| 67% | RUT | 3 | Stuck in the same old routine |
| 67% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (bound by routine): 2 wds. |
| 67% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (trapped by routine): 2 wds. |
| 67% | EQUALTO | 7 | The same as, in math: 2 wds. |
| 65% | ONEMORE | 7 | "___ Time," 2023 movie about a person stuck in the same day ... which is also a hint for 18a, 30a, 35a, 4d, and 39d: 2 wds. |
| 65% | HATTRICK | 8 | Scoring three goals in the same game, in hockey lingo: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ATOE | 4 | Stick ___ in the water (try new things slowly): 2 wds. |
| 62% | MRBEAN | 6 | Eccentric character portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in a show by the same name: 2 wds |
| 62% | JOSECANSECO | 11 | Retired ballplayer who was the first to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season: 2 wds. |
| 61% | JUSTINTHOMAS | 12 | American pro golfer who won the 2017 PGA Championship, and posted a score of 59 in the same tournament: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 60% | PLAZASUITE | 10 | 1971 film where Walter Matthau played different characters in three stories set in the same hotel room: 2 wds. |
| 59% | TRIPLECROWN | 11 | Distinction of winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in the same year (2 wds.) |
| 59% | OLDFOGY | 7 | Dude stuck in the past (2 wds.) |
| 58% | AFTERALL | 8 | In the end: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ATALL | 5 | In the slightest: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ATOE | 4 | Stick ___ in (check the water temperature) (2 wds.) |
| 58% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Shaquille, Willis Reed and ___, the only three to have won NBA MVP, All-Star game MVP, and Finals MVP awards in the same year: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ALA | 3 | In the style of: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ANEYE | 5 | In the blink of ___: 2 wds. |
| 58% | OFAN | 4 | In the blink ___ eye: 2 wds. |