| 100% | IVORIES | 7 | “Okay just learned that tickling the ___ is a piano reference and has NOTHING to do with making white ppl laugh” (Vinny Thomas tweet) |
| 29% | HEART | 5 | Organ that has nothing to do with emotion, despite the many expressions |
| 28% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 27% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 27% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | Piano Man who had a hit with Just the Way You Are |
| 26% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress and writer whose autobiography is titled “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It” |
| 26% | HORSERADISH | 11 | Plant whose thick white pungent root is ground and combined with vinegar to make a sauce |
| 26% | LEMUR | 5 | Primate with large eyes and a long tail that is endemic to the island of Madagascar |
| 26% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 25% | DITTO | 5 | The White House's Jessica, who in 2018 was found to have violated the Hatch Act with political tweets |
| 25% | DONTLOOKATME | 12 | “I had nothing to do with it!” . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle’s clues |
| 25% | ECTO | 4 | Hi-C ___ Cooler, beverage that had a tie-in with the Ghostbusters brand and was famous in the 80s |
| 25% | NAUTICAL | 8 | Having to do with sailing and the sea |
| 25% | INTHISECONOMY | 13 | Jokey question in response to a statement that may have nothing to do with money |
| 25% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 25% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 25% | AVOID | 5 | Have nothing to do with |
| 25% | SHUN | 4 | Have nothing to do with |
| 25% | SNUB | 4 | Have nothing to do with |
| 24% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 24% | TIDAL | 5 | Having to do with the rise and fall of the sea |
| 24% | PURPLE | 6 | Color that is a blend of blue and red, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "curple" |
| 24% | MAE | 3 | West with the autobiography "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" |
| 24% | WASNTME | 7 | "I had nothing to do with it" |
| 24% | NUDE | 4 | Second single from Radiohead's album in 18a, that had a different title originally and was supposed to be part of the album "OK Computer" |
| 23% | MAEWEST | 7 | "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" autobiographer |
| 23% | WASNTME | 7 | "Hey, I had nothing to do with it" |
| 23% | BRIE | 4 | Grayish white cheese that originated from a French region of the same name and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-2% |
| 23% | OAR | 3 | Band whose name has nothing to do with rowing |
| 23% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Something that has to do with the Good Book |