| 100% | FLY | 3 | *Buzzing pest ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a snare for the said pest |
| 63% | SPEED | 5 | *Runner's stat ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a radar trap |
| 62% | BEAR | 4 | *Grizzly or Polar, e.g. ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a metaphorical financial trap |
| 59% | SAND | 4 | *Hourglass filler ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a bunker on a golf course |
| 53% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 53% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 49% | HORSE | 5 | Neighing animal ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to a bloodsucking insect |
| 48% | FIRE | 4 | Heat source at a campsite ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to a lightning bug |
| 46% | BUTTER | 6 | Dairy product spread on bread ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect with colorful wings |
| 46% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 46% | BOT | 3 | Non-human, automated message responder ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect (also called a warble fly) |
| 45% | DRAGON | 6 | Flying beast seen in "Game of Thrones" ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect with an elongated body |
| 44% | METER | 5 | Word following "thermo" or sphygmomano" to refer to a device that lets the doctor read your vitals |
| 44% | FLAG | 4 | Word with "ship" to refer to the best or most important thing owned by a company |
| 43% | COURT | 5 | Word with "ship" to refer to the course of a romantic relationship that might lead to marriage |
| 41% | HEREWITHME | 10 | 2019 hit song by 17-Down featuring Chvrches with the lyrics "You're saying the words that I want you to say / There's a pain in my heart and it won't go away" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 41% | HIPPO | 5 | Shortened name for a zoo heavyweight with a scary yawn, or word that starts with the name of a body joint |
| 40% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 40% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 40% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | FISH | 4 | Little ocean swimmer or a word that goes with 16a, 24a, 34a, 41a, 54a, 22d, 26d, and 48d |
| 39% | DRESS | 5 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a wardrobe staple often associated with elegance |
| 38% | RACE | 4 | Competition where you aim to finish first and a word that goes with 36a, 53a, 4d, 15d, and 39d |
| 38% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 38% | POTS | 4 | *Stew vessels ... or a word used with 5d to refer to cookware |
| 38% | DETAIL | 6 | "Attention to ___," complete the phrase with a word that ends in "ail" |
| 37% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 37% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |