| 100% | QUARTERBACK | 11 | "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___" |
| 35% | EDEN | 4 | Site of "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 35% | EDEN | 4 | It contained "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 35% | STANDBACK | 9 | 1983 top 10 hit for Stevie Nicks, the first woman to be inducted twice (in 1998 and 2019) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 34% | YARDLINE | 8 | "Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!" |
| 34% | ETA | 3 | When the pilot and flight crew are set to land, for short |
| 34% | HOWTOSATISFY | 12 | and 100 "___ ... Order a Pizza and Hand Him the Remote" |
| 34% | BACKWARDLOOKING | 15 | Give heed! And listen to my tale of the mad tyrant who decreed that all toilets in his realm be installed the wrong way, for he was the … |
| 33% | APRIL | 5 | Psych! You've been ___ Fooled ! Find the answers to 28a, 32a, and 45a for a surprise :) |
| 33% | STARS | 5 | Kendrick Lamar and SZA's superhit song "All the ___" which was released in 2018 as the lead single to the soundtrack album for "Black Panther" |
| 33% | STEPS | 5 | Courthouse ___, entrance to the courthouse that is often a site for protests and rallies |
| 33% | END | 3 | "This is the ___, hold your breath and count to 10" |
| 33% | BENHARPER | 9 | Fight for Your Mind and The Will to Live artist |
| 33% | TSELIOT | 7 | He said the most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible |
| 33% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 33% | HASTY | 5 | Type of pudding the men and boys were as thick as, according to "Yankee Doodle" |
| 33% | NADIA | 5 | She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Games |
| 33% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 33% | NIALL | 5 | ___ Horan, member of the boy band One Direction who is known for his single "Slow Hands" |
| 32% | CLEO | 4 | British singer Laine who is the only woman to be nominated for Grammys in the jazz, popular, and classical music categories |
| 32% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 32% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | The 7th US president and hero of the battle of New Orleans was 1st to be targeted for assassination |
| 32% | ALL | 3 | "And now, the moment we've ___ been waiting for ..." |
| 32% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 32% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 32% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "9 to 5": 2 wds. |
| 32% | INDIEGOGO | 9 | Online platform that was one of the first websites to offer crowdfunding for business and personal goals |
| 32% | TIKTOK | 6 | App said to be partially responsible for the mega-success of “Old Town Road” and “Truth Hurts” |
| 32% | DROP | 4 | Waiting for the other shoe to ___ |