| 100% | ITISWHATITIS | 12 | "That's life" ... and a summing-up of 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 55% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 54% | FASTFOODS | 9 | Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 52% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 50% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 50% | TIMOTHYLEARY | 12 | Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 49% | NOTHINGDOING | 12 | "Forget about it!" ... or a clue to the starts of 20-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 48% | THATSLIFE | 9 | Utterance that sums up 20-, 32- and 42-Across |
| 47% | IRON | 4 | Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 47% | HIDDENVALLEY | 12 | Salad dressing brand, and a feature of 19-, 29-, and 47-Across? |
| 47% | GETREADYWITHME | 14 | Friend's invitation before a party, or a TikTok genre that shows off the starts of 20-, 30-, and 41-Across |
| 47% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 46% | BELOWTHEBELT | 12 | Grossly unfair, or where you find the last words of 20-, 29-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 46% | ONEEYE | 6 | Feature of 20-Across … and, when sounded out, a feature of today's puzzle (clues and all!) |
| 45% | MASTERSWITCH | 12 | Main shut-off, and a literal hint to the ends of 20-, 31- and 47-Across |
| 44% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 44% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 44% | KEY | 3 | Fundamental, and a word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 44% | STICKAPININIT | 13 | "Let's get back to that later..." and a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 44% | SOAP | 4 | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| 44% | NFL | 3 | Org. that's home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 44% | BOARD | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 20-, 29-, 43- and 51-Across and 4-, 9-, 37- and 39-Down |
| 43% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | Narrative device that peeks at the future ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31-, and 48-Across |
| 43% | SILENTPARTNER | 13 | Nonactive member of a firm ... or what G, H and W each have in 20-, 29- and 49-Across? |
| 43% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 43% | NEE | 3 | French word that's a homophone of 47-Across |
| 43% | FRONTALNUDITY | 13 | Feature of Botticelli's Venus, and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 43% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 42% | GETTHEPICTURE | 13 | Comprehend ... or what 20-, 29- and 47-Across do, finally |
| 42% | TWOTHOUSANDSIX | 14 | Sum of 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across |