| 100% | NET | 3 | ABC or Fox, in Variety-speak |
| 60% | WEBS | 4 | ABC, Fox, etc., in Variety |
| 54% | NET | 3 | ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak |
| 44% | LENS | 4 | Put on film, in Variety-speak |
| 44% | ITALIAN | 7 | Language spoken in Milan or Turin |
| 44% | LENS | 4 | Film, in Variety-speak |
| 44% | INK | 3 | Publicity, in Variety-speak |
| 44% | BOW | 3 | Debut, in Variety-speak |
| 44% | FUJI | 4 | Apple variety, or a mountain in Japan |
| 43% | HEADACHE | 8 | Medical condition in cluster or tension varieties |
| 43% | GUITAR | 6 | Instrument that comes in electric or bass variety |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | Top available in round neck or collar variety |
| 42% | CACTUS | 6 | Plant that comes in bunny ears or saguaro variety |
| 42% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Words that are sung or spoken in an opera |
| 42% | USAGE | 5 | The way in which words are spoken or written |
| 41% | BLOKUS | 6 | Board game that comes in a duo or trigon variety |
| 41% | NOEVIL | 6 | It may be seen, heard or spoken, in a saying |
| 41% | TESTIMONY | 9 | A written or spoken statement in the court of law |
| 41% | ACCIDENT | 8 | Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking |
| 39% | MUTEBUTTON | 10 | It may be clicked before or after speaking in a Zoom meeting |
| 39% | IBANK | 5 | Morgan or Goldman, in MBA-speak |
| 38% | ESE | 3 | Suffix used in languages spoken in China or Japan |
| 38% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 38% | TRIGRAM | 7 | ABC or XYZ |
| 38% | NETWORK | 7 | ABC or CBS |
| 37% | LALLANS | 7 | Literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland |
| 36% | BRER | 4 | Word before Fox or Rabbit in Uncle Remus stories |
| 36% | MIS | 3 | Lead-in to speak or spell |
| 36% | NETWORK | 7 | ABC or UPN, e.g. |
| 36% | ANIMAL | 6 | Ox or fox |