| 100% | PUNINTENDED | 11 | Addendum to a statement such as “My violin teacher was instrumental in getting me into Juilliard” |
| 32% | ETA | 3 | Best guess as to when a flight will get in: Abbr. |
| 32% | DAD | 3 | I get featured in crossword puzzles as a poor joke-teller. Who am I? |
| 32% | MIND | 4 | "I was going to get a brain transplant, but then I changed my ___!" |
| 31% | PLEA | 4 | Statement such as "Not guilty" said to a judge |
| 30% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 30% | ALL | 3 | "This is to a girl who got into my head with ___ the pretty things she did" |
| 30% | CANTI | 5 | "Why ___ log into my account?" ("Why am I unable to log in?"): 2 wds. |
| 30% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." (words in a romantic letter, perhaps) |
| 28% | APPLIESTO | 9 | Tries to get in, as a school |
| 28% | DANZA | 5 | Actor Tony who wrote the memoir "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High" |
| 28% | NAVIGABLE | 9 | Easy to get around in, as a website |
| 27% | LAYLA | 5 | "You've got me on my knees" woman in a classic rock song |
| 27% | DISSOLVED | 9 | Got mixed in liquid so as to form a solution, say |
| 27% | ATTHATRATE | 10 | "If things were to proceed in such a way . . ." |
| 27% | SMH | 3 | "You've got to be kidding me," in texts |
| 27% | SAFESCHOOL | 10 | College a high schooler is sure to get into |
| 27% | QUALIFIER | 9 | Game to decide who will get into a competition |
| 27% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 27% | ACTS | 4 | Pretends to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 27% | WEAREFAMILY | 11 | Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across |
| 27% | WET | 3 | It might be hard to get this in a desert |
| 27% | VENICE | 6 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Floating City" |
| 27% | ROME | 4 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Eternal City" |
| 27% | DUBLIN | 6 | I'm a city in Ireland and my nickname is "The Fair City" |
| 27% | IMLATE | 6 | "Get out of my way. I have a meeting to get to!" |
| 27% | JOURNAL | 7 | *"In 2024, I will ___ (pen down) my thoughts in a diary regularly!" |
| 27% | WHISPER | 7 | Talk in a quiet voice, so as not to be overheard |
| 26% | LIMA | 4 | I'm a city in Peru and my nickname is "The City of Kings" |
| 26% | CURSESFOULEDAGAIN | 17 | "Damn, I can't seem to get a ball into fair territory!"? |