| 100% | WHATDIDYOUTHINKIMEANT | 21 | ___? pron. the nominative case of the person speaking or writing |
| 44% | TELLMEABOUTYOURSELF | 19 | ___? pron. a form of the second person singular, used as an intensive or a reflexive |
| 42% | TESTIMONY | 9 | A written or spoken statement in the court of law |
| 42% | USAGE | 5 | The way in which words are spoken or written |
| 40% | PEERS | 5 | People of the same age or status |
| 39% | CANYOUDESCRIBE | 14 | ___? (with 47 Across) pron. the objective case of they |
| 39% | ORAL | 4 | Spoken or verbal, of the voice |
| 38% | ERLE | 4 | Gardner who wrote "The Case of the Negligent Nymph" |
| 38% | SWAZI | 5 | Something about 95% of the people of Eswatini speak |
| 38% | SPOUSE | 6 | The husband or wife of a person |
| 38% | GUESTLIST | 9 | Written-down names of the people invited to an event: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PHENOTYPE | 9 | The visible characteristics of a culture or people |
| 37% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 37% | AYMARA | 6 | Language or people of the central Andes |
| 37% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 37% | SCOLIOSIS | 9 | The left or right curvature of a person's spine |
| 36% | FREDKOREMATSU | 13 | Person in a 1944 case contesting the internment of Japanese Americans |
| 36% | APOLOGY | 7 | Written or spoken expression of regret; sorrow |
| 36% | MISTAKEN | 8 | In a case of __ identity you have the wrong person |
| 36% | AURATIC | 7 | Relating to the essence of a person or artistic piece |
| 36% | MINIFIG | 7 | Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal |
| 35% | CRITICS | 7 | People who write reviews of books or films |
| 35% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written text of a play or movie |
| 35% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written dialog of a play or movie |
| 35% | SIOUANS | 7 | People speaking the family of languages from Ohio, Mississippi and the Great Plains |
| 35% | WHATSTHEMEANINGOFTHIS | 21 | ___? pron. the nearer of two things or ideas being discussed |
| 35% | WHATSTHAT | 9 | ___? (with 91 Across) pron. the farther away of two things or ideas being discussed |
| 35% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 34% | NAVIGATOR | 9 | Person who directs the route or course of a ship |
| 34% | TARGET | 6 | Person or place that is the aim of an attack |