| 100% | PLS | 3 | “The Magic Word,” in a text |
| 84% | PLZ | 3 | "The magic word," in texting shorthand |
| 83% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 79% | PLS | 3 | Polite word in a text message |
| 76% | OUTLOOK | 7 | Word in a Magic 8-Ball display |
| 76% | POW | 3 | Word in a spiky text bubble, maybe |
| 75% | ABRA | 4 | First word in a magic spell |
| 74% | OPENSESAME | 10 | Magic words in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” |
| 73% | LYRICS | 6 | The words in a song |
| 73% | EMOJI | 5 | Smiley you send in text messages, and a word added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2015 |
| 72% | WITH | 4 | Penultimate word in a song about the 1-Across |
| 72% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 71% | ONCE | 4 | Usually the first word in a fairy tale |
| 71% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 71% | ALAI | 4 | Word in the name of a pelota game |
| 71% | ASS | 3 | Word in the etymology of a ''silly'' synonym |
| 71% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 71% | FREE | 4 | Word in the middle of a bingo card |
| 70% | FREE | 4 | Word in the center square of a bingo card |
| 70% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 70% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of a TV news broadcast |
| 70% | LANES | 5 | Word in the name of many a bowling alley |
| 70% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 70% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 70% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 70% | SHU | 3 | Word in the name of a Chinese pork dish |
| 70% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 70% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 69% | MUM | 3 | The word, in a saying |
| 69% | ARLES | 5 | Word in the title of many a van Gogh painting |