| 100% | AFOG | 4 | "There's ___ upon L.A." (opening line to the Beatles' "Blue Jay Way") |
| 40% | STL | 3 | Home to the NHL's Blues, on a scoreboard |
| 39% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | VENACAVA | 8 | The way to a person's heart? |
| 39% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 38% | ENGLISHMEN | 10 | The beatles, to name a few |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 37% | STOMACH | 7 | The best way to a man's heart goes through it |
| 37% | OHARE | 5 | One end of the Chicago L's Blue Line |
| 37% | TRYTOSEEITMYWAY | 15 | Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hit |
| 36% | ASHLEIGHBARTY | 13 | Winner of the 2022 Australian Open, the first Australian woman to win a singles title there since 1978 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SHUDDER | 7 | React to the cold, in a way |
| 36% | ITALIC | 6 | Leaning to the right, in a way |
| 36% | WATERS | 6 | Tends to the plants, in a way |
| 36% | HOED | 4 | Tended to the garden, in a way |
| 36% | CCS | 3 | Adds to the chain, in a way |
| 36% | PASSTHEBUCK | 11 | There's a male deer walking unhurriedly in the right-hand lane, so be sure to ___.
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| 36% | DIRECTION | 9 | The way to a destination |
| 36% | PENNYLANE | 9 | Place that's "beneath the blue suburban skies," in a Beatles song |
| 36% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 36% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TTTTTTGROUPS | 12 | The Beatles and the Dave Clark Five, in a way |
| 36% | GREETER | 7 | Further to the right on a number line |
| 36% | ENTER | 5 | "Go to the next line" on a keyboard |
| 36% | REWIND | 6 | Go back to the start, in a way |
| 36% | MISDIAL | 7 | Get to the wrong party, in a way |
| 36% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 36% | CLAP | 4 | Say "yes!" to the address, in a way |
| 36% | TOR | 3 | The Blue Jays, on a scoreboard |
| 36% | COED | 4 | Open to everyone, in a way |