| 100% | TIP | 3 | "This could ___ the scales in her favor" |
| 55% | EGOS | 4 | These can get in the way of good relationships |
| 55% | DISK | 4 | This can be slipped in the spine |
| 53% | EGG | 3 | This can be over 3 lb in the case of an ostrich |
| 51% | CORNSNAKE | 9 | In the wild this US reptile has dark orange scales |
| 50% | INVISIBLE | 9 | The __ Man, he can't be seen in this 2020 film |
| 49% | SEARCH | 6 | AltaVista could do this in the Web's early days |
| 49% | HAIRSPRAY | 9 | You Can't Stop the Beat is in this musical |
| 49% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 48% | ESPERANTO | 9 | You can read the news on china.org.cn in this language |
| 48% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | LIBRA | 5 | The Scales, in astrology |
| 47% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 47% | FOREST | 6 | What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? |
| 47% | QUEENVICTORIA | 13 | The longest-reigning English monarch in history, before Elizabeth II surpassed her this week: 2 wds. |
| 47% | LIBRA | 5 | The Scales, in the zodiac |
| 46% | STAB | 4 | You could take this in the dark if you didn't know any better |
| 46% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 46% | TABS | 4 | In Chrome the default is 20 for the number of these you can have open at once |
| 46% | LIBRA | 5 | Scales in the sky |
| 45% | FIVEPOINTEDSTAR | 15 | What can be drawn using the only V's, representing vertices, in this puzzle's grid |
| 45% | TOUCHTONEPHONES | 15 | Products since the 1960s ... on which you can see five "key" things depicted in this puzzle |
| 45% | SANTA | 5 | It can precede eight first names in this puzzle to form the names of California cities |
| 45% | FEAR | 4 | This could cause the willies |
| 45% | ASTERISK | 8 | * (And by the way, her name appears in this puzzle 16 times) |
| 44% | ROAD | 4 | In the city of Ur you could have walked along a paved one of these 6,000 years ago |
| 44% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 44% | LIBRA | 5 | Scales, in the zodiac |
| 44% | REGINAKING | 10 | She won the 2019 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "If Beale Street Could Talk": 2 wds. |