| 100% | GATS | 4 | “I never thought it could happen, this rappin’ stuff / I was too used to packin’ ___ and stuff”: the Notorious B.I.G. |
| 30% | MISSING | 7 | "I'll Be ___ You," 1997 Puff Daddy and Faith Evans song that was a tribute to rapper The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 30% | YOYO | 4 | It can be used to walk the dog |
| 29% | 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% | SPECULATE | 9 | It can be risky to do this in the stock market |
| 29% | HAL | 3 | Speaker of the film line "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it" |
| 29% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |
| 28% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 28% | 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" |
| 27% | OHNO | 4 | "I can't believe this is happening to me!": 2 wds. |
| 27% | TAPS | 4 | Link to this solo (and a copy of the words, too) can be found on the Army Study Guide website |
| 27% | HELEN | 5 | I was the first deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree and I campaigned for women's rights |
| 27% | REHASH | 6 | The command IRC operators can use to cause the server to re-read and re-process its configuration file |
| 27% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 26% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 26% | INS | 3 | "You have to know the ___ and outs of this machine to use it properly." |
| 26% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 26% | THATSANORDER | 12 | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | OPENCASES | 9 | The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., e.g. |
| 26% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 26% | MOET | 4 | "The back of the club, sippin' ___ is where you'll find me" (lyric from the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa") |
| 25% | DIE | 3 | "Ready to ___," 1994 album by The Notorious B.I.G. with the lead single "Juicy" |
| 25% | COAL | 4 | It can either be burned or can be used to sketch |
| 25% | MOI | 3 | "Surely you don't think it could be me?!" |
| 25% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 25% | SOYMILK | 7 | It can be used to make tofu |
| 25% | SALT | 4 | It can be used to preserve food |
| 25% | ODOR | 4 | It could be offensive to the nose |
| 25% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle on the cover of the Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die |