| 100% | LOL | 3 | Alternative to the "face with tears of joy" emoji |
| 100% | LMAO | 4 | Alternative to the Face with Tears of Joy emoji |
| 72% | LOL | 3 | Equivalent of the Face With Tears of Joy emoji |
| 69% | LOL | 3 | Texting equivalent of the Face with Tears of Joy emoji |
| 61% | LOL | 3 | Abbreviation that may accompany a Face with Tears of Joy emoji |
| 59% | LOL | 3 | [Face with tears of joy emoji] |
| 53% | EMOJI | 5 | Face With Tears of Joy, e.g. |
| 53% | EMOJI | 5 | Face With Tears of Joy, for one |
| 52% | EMOJI | 5 | Face With Tears of Joy, or Pile of Poo |
| 50% | EMOJI | 5 | "Cat with Tears of Joy" or "Clown Face" |
| 48% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 47% | TEARS | 5 | Face With ___ of Joy (😂 emoji) |
| 46% | EMOJI | 5 | Clown Face or Face With Tears of Joy, e.g. |
| 44% | EMOJI | 5 | Symbol like "face with tears of joy" or "face holding back tears" |
| 41% | EMOJI | 5 | Cat With Tears of Joy, e.g. |
| 41% | THX | 3 | Alternative to the prayer hands emoji |
| 37% | UHOH | 4 | Equivalent to the Grimacing Face emoji |
| 37% | GOATMILK | 8 | Alternative to 2% … with or without the shaded letter |
| 36% | NOSE | 4 | Part of the face with nostrils |
| 36% | CHIN | 4 | Part of the face with a goatee |
| 35% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 35% | ACCLAIM | 7 | To applaud, salute with sounds of joy, approval |
| 35% | MAYORAL | 7 | To do with the head of the council |
| 35% | MARXIAN | 7 | To do with the ideas of Karl Marx |
| 35% | SEAR | 4 | To cook the surface of with high heat |
| 35% | TAINT | 5 | To damage the quality of (rhymes with "faint) |
| 35% | SADEYES | 7 | Feature of the "Pleading Face" emoji |
| 35% | TEAR | 4 | Feature of the "Crying Face" emoji |
| 35% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Face to the right of George, Thomas and Theodore |
| 35% | CONCUR | 6 | To agree with or be of the same opinion |