| 100% | INS | 3 | "You have to know the ___ and outs of this machine to use it properly." |
| 47% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 46% | CORONAS | 7 | The "Gran" variety of these can be over 9 inches long, but then you have to slice off the end to use them |
| 45% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 45% | TOOKCALCULATEDRISKS | 19 | Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper knew they had to chance it in the unknown field of computer science, so they... |
| 45% | ESP | 3 | It would allow you to know the answer to this clue without even reading it |
| 44% | COMA | 4 | You can be in it and out of it at the same time |
| 43% | ADAR | 4 | Moses is reputed to have been born and to have died on the seventh day of this month |
| 43% | TOKEN | 5 | (2/7) First stop: the ___ coin machine. You feed it some cash and watch as a pile of coins tumbles out. Let the games begin! |
| 42% | NON | 3 | This prefix when used, changes the meaning of the word to its opposite |
| 42% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 42% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 42% | ROOF | 4 | Now you know what to look for, but where is it? (1/5) Did it fall out when Santa landed on the ___ of the house? |
| 42% | TIE | 3 | You might use the rabbit and the fox to remember how to wear it |
| 41% | LIAR | 4 | You can't get the truth out of this person |
| 41% | ESP | 3 | If you have it, you might know what this answer is without reading the clue |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 41% | INS | 3 | Know the ___ and outs of |
| 41% | INS | 3 | Know the __ and outs of |
| 41% | INS | 3 | "It took me a while to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 40% | WATER | 5 | *Lake constituent under which you can go snorkeling, and where you might have to use gestures instead of words |
| 40% | IRONS | 5 | Uses steam to get the wrinkles out of |
| 40% | TARTAN | 6 | This may indicate what clan you're from and there's an official registry to check it out |
| 40% | FLORENCE | 8 | ___ and the Machine, indie rock band known for their song "Shake It Out" |
| 40% | VEER | 4 | What you'll have to do when the load of watermelons spills out of the truck traveling in front of you |
| 40% | PEAR | 4 | "Check the neck" of this fruit to judge its ripeness |
| 40% | PYTHON | 6 | Snake to squeeze the life out of you |
| 39% | BODY | 4 | (5/6) Next, detail out everything you want to communicate in this main part of the letter |
| 39% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 39% | HOME | 4 | "___ stretch," common phrase used to refer to the final part of an activity, that has its origins in horse racing |