| 100% | CHUG | 4 | *Finish a beverage in one go, or an informal word for "drink" |
| 46% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 45% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 42% | BOOZE | 5 | Informal word for to drink beer, wine or spirits |
| 42% | CASTLE | 6 | Another informal word for a rook in chess |
| 41% | PUNCH | 5 | *Coconut ___, eggnog alternative for Christmas in July ... and an oft-spiked drink one might have at a party |
| 41% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |
| 40% | NOUN | 4 | Word for a person or a place, in grammar |
| 40% | WEN | 3 | An old word for a very big or overcrowded city |
| 40% | OUTING | 6 | Another word for a trip or an excursion |
| 39% | EUPHEMISM | 9 | A mild word substituted for an offensive one |
| 39% | LEA | 3 | Word in poetry for a meadow or field |
| 38% | TOGS | 4 | An informal word for clothing |
| 38% | HORCHATA | 8 | Word for a cold, sweet drink that was added to Merriam-Webster in 2021 |
| 38% | ESSAY | 5 | One in a stack for an English teacher to grade |
| 38% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 38% | GEAR | 4 | Drive or reverse in a vehicle, for one |
| 37% | SALOON | 6 | Place for a drink, in an old Western movie |
| 37% | SWIMSUIT | 8 | Outfit for going in a pool or the ocean |
| 37% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 37% | DREAM | 5 | One might center around being naked in public or unprepared for an exam |
| 37% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 37% | PRETEND | 7 | Put on an act... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 36% | TANNER | 6 | Informal word for a sixpence |
| 36% | SPUD | 4 | Informal word for a potato |
| 36% | VON | 3 | Word that precedes Bismarck in a German surname or Trapp in an Austrian surname |
| 36% | YOUAREHERE | 10 | Words on a mall map ... or a punny hint for eight squares in this puzzle |
| 36% | MODEL | 5 | You can make one for an airplane, or find one on a runway |
| 36% | HOLM | 4 | German word that refers to an island in a river or a lake |
| 36% | POCKET | 6 | *Keys keeper in pants ... or with 15a a term for one's wallet |