| 100% | BELLBOTTOMS | 11 | '70s fashion trend ... and features of 3-, 5- and 9-Down |
| 57% | RAISECAIN | 9 | Cause a commotion, and a hint to a feature of 3-, 6- and 9-Down |
| 54% | HIGHHOLIDAYS | 12 | Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur . . . and a feature of 3-, 7-, 9-, and 20-Down? |
| 46% | PARADOX | 7 | What 3- and 9-Down are an example of |
| 45% | FRENCHFLAG | 10 | National symbol hinted at by the ends of 3-, 25- and 9-Down (in order) |
| 44% | CHANEL | 6 | French fashion house and maker of No 5 perfume |
| 44% | CROWNJEWELS | 11 | Some sparklers at King Charles III's coronation, and a literal feature of 3-, 7-, and 22-Down? |
| 44% | RACETOTHEBOTTOM | 15 | Competition that hurts everyone, and a feature of 3-, 8-, 22- and 34-Down |
| 44% | SHORTFALL | 9 | Unexpected deficit, and a description of 3-, 5-, 7- and 30-Down |
| 43% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a feature of 4-, 9-, 17- and 23-Down |
| 43% | HANGINGAROUND | 13 | Loitering ... or how 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-Down might be seen? |
| 42% | CHARCUTERIEBOARD | 16 | Artistically arranged appetizer, or where to find the beginnings of 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| 42% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 41% | KENTUCKYFRIEDCHIC | 17 | Fashion trend featuring white suits and black ties? |
| 41% | STEM | 4 | Feature of the items in the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 41% | CHOCOLATEDROP | 13 | Kiss alternative ... or a hint to the starts of 3-, 5-, 10-, 14-, 26-, 64- and 68-Down |
| 41% | ODD | 3 | Like 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
| 41% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 41% | DROPSHOTS | 9 | Tricky tennis returns, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 41% | ICEUP | 5 | Freeze over, and a hint to a feature of 5-, 6-, 10-, 25- and 33-Down |
| 41% | PAYUP | 5 | Settle a tab, and a feature of the answers to 3-, 6-, 10- and 30-Down |
| 41% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 40% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
| 40% | PARTON | 6 | Dolly, singer of Jolene and 9 to 5 |
| 40% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down |
| 40% | SNOWCAPPED | 10 | Like alpine peaks ... or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can be? |
| 40% | ODDS | 4 | Numbers such as 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
| 40% | ODD | 3 | Like the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
| 40% | ODDNUMBER | 9 | 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are examples of this |
| 40% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |