| 100% | CLOGS | 5 | "Träskor" in Sweden and "geta" in Japan, to name two |
| 50% | NOUNS | 5 | "Verb" and "adjective," to name two |
| 49% | SPORADES | 8 | Name given to two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea; the Northern — and Southern — |
| 48% | BLOGS | 5 | Gizmodo and HuffPost, to name two |
| 48% | TOMATOES | 8 | Roma and beefsteak, to name two |
| 47% | ERAS | 4 | The Gilded Age and Reconstruction, to name two |
| 43% | ERIC | 4 | Name of kings in Denmark, Norway and Sweden |
| 41% | BRIDGES | 7 | Hollywood family name ... and what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 41% | VOYAGER | 7 | Name given to two NASA probes and a “Star Trek” series |
| 41% | SOX | 3 | Word that follows "White" and "Red" in two baseball team names |
| 41% | GEORGEMICHAEL | 13 | "Faith" and "Father Figure" singer who seems to have two first names (2 wds.) |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | Finland and Sweden applied to join it in 2022 (abbr.) |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | Finland and Sweden were invited to join it in 2022 (abbr.) |
| 40% | MARTINA | 7 | First name of two Wimbledon winners in the 1980s and '90s |
| 39% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste that isn't sweet, sour, bitter or salty and whose name means "savoriness" in Japan |
| 39% | HUEANDCRY | 9 | Public uproar … or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 39% | PEA | 3 | Word that goes before "nut" and after "chick" in two legume names |
| 39% | DROPBOX | 7 | Big name in the cloud, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 39% | KATYPERRY | 9 | "I Kissed a Girl" and "Teenage Dream" singer who seems to have two first names (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” |
| 38% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 38% | AMANA | 5 | Genus of flowering bulbs closely related to tulips found in China, Japan and Korea |
| 38% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 37% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | ADAPTATIONS | 11 | A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two |
| 37% | COSMOPOLITAN | 12 | Fashion magazine for women that has been in publication since 1886, and is often referred to by its shorter name |
| 37% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Pleasing to look at ... or a phonetic hint to a two-letter sequence in 16-, 20-, 51- and 56-Across |
| 37% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | ROARING | 7 | & 6D Name given to the stormy areas of ocean between latitudes 40º and 50º in the Southern Hemisphere |
| 37% | ITIS | 4 | Suffix used in medicine to name inflammations |