| 100% | CATS | 4 | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this …" |
| 28% | TERN | 4 | The New Zealand fairy variety of this bird was down to less than 50 individuals in 2018 |
| 28% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 28% | LEIS | 4 | May 1 was a day chosen by Don Blanding, then of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, in 1927 for a celebration of these |
| 27% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 25% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 25% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 25% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 24% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 24% | IMMORAL | 7 | What some consider you to be for not adhering to the laws of the Torah or Quran |
| 24% | XXXX | 4 | Part of the crossword where all these animals live; some might also live in another kind of place |
| 24% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 23% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 23% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 23% | ADDRESS | 7 | (2/6) Put down this important detail at the beginning of your letter to let your friend know where you are |
| 23% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 23% | CORTESE | 7 | Wines made from this grape variety are long known to be favored by restaurants in the port of Genoa |
| 23% | ANTONIO | 7 | For whose benefit "the quality of mercy is not strain'd" in Shakespeare |
| 23% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 23% | SHY | 3 | Not likely to be the life of the party |
| 22% | MATCHA | 6 | ___ tea, type of green tea made from a finely ground powder that's believed to be good for liver health (also found in some latte) |
| 22% | MATCHA | 6 | ___ tea, type of green tea made from a finely ground powder that's believed to be good for liver health (also found in some lattes) |
| 22% | GARTH | 5 | Greenwell whose novel “Small Rain” was called “an exquisite addition to the literature of illness” in The Yale Review (September, 2024) |
| 22% | LIFESPAN | 8 | The length of time an animal is expected to live |
| 22% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 22% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 22% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 22% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 22% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 22% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |