| 100% | AUTOGRAPH | 9 | (4/6) "I got the batter's ___ on it after the game. This day has been a dream and I wish it didn't have to end" |
| 33% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 33% | MULLIGANS | 9 | These might be given on a golf course, after the ends of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 32% | ADAR | 4 | Moses is reputed to have been born and to have died on the seventh day of this month |
| 32% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 32% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 31% | LETO | 4 | Jared ___, I'm the frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars and a film star born the day after Christmas. Who am I? |
| 31% | WOJNAROWICZ | 11 | Artist and AIDS activist David who wrote, “WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT I’D CONTRACTED THIS VIRUS IT DIDN’T TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE THAT I’D CONTRACTED A DISEASED SOCIETY AS WELL” |
| 31% | 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 |
| 30% | CAKE | 4 | (2/5) "Ann the maid, says, 'I was in the kitchen making a ___ (treat with icing) all morning and didn't have time to visit the mistress' chambers.'" |
| 30% | POSTER | 6 | (1/6) "I never went to a game as a kid- just the TV and my prized life-size ___ on my wall were enough" |
| 30% | COLINKAEPERNICK | 15 | He said, “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way” |
| 29% | BLACKOLIVE | 10 | Circular topping on a pizza [I didn't order this on my pizza. Let me speak to the manager!] |
| 29% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 29% | WEARABLETHINGTOTASTE | 20 | "I know they've had them on all day, but let the kids eat their candy. After all, a Ring Pop is a ..." |
| 29% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 29% | PARTY | 5 | Remember the first time you received a birthday ___ (celebration) invite with your name on it and couldn't wait to go? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 28% | TIM | 3 | (5/6)"On the way to 43d, we can also stop for a quick bite at ___ Hortons. Let's get some donuts and coffee, and be on our way!" |
| 28% | INES | 4 | To date, only the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima have earned a seven on this rating system (abbr.) |
| 28% | WRAP | 4 | (4/6) "Gather 'round, everyone! It's time to ___ these lovely presents! Just a bit more ribbon, and they'll be perfect! Ready for some sparkle?" |
| 28% | DOWN | 4 | "I am reading a book on the history of glue. It's impossible to put ___!" |
| 28% | REDLIGHT | 8 | What Roxanne didn't have to put on, in a song by The Police |
| 28% | SIMONCOWELL | 11 | Former talent scout and creator of "The X Factor" who has been a judge on "America's Got Talent" since 2011 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" singer who seems to have two first names (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BREAKMYHEART | 12 | Dua Lipa single on the album "Future Nostalgia" with the lyrics "I've always been the one to say the first goodbye / Had to love and lose a hundred million times" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | SOTOMAYOR | 9 | Supreme Court justice who once said "I am a New Yorker, and 7 a.m. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it" |
| 28% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 28% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 28% | ELFFUR | 6 | ... Looking back on it, I'm glad I bought that and not the ___. Luxurious Santa is a bad look!
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