| 100% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Angry element of speech; across and down |
| 46% | CHECK | 5 | Common element of 20- and 56-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 45% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 43% | WORDS | 5 | Elements of speech or writing |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 42% | NETLIKE | 7 | Threaded across and down |
| 41% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 40% | ORS | 3 | Workplaces for 73 Across and 121 Down |
| 40% | TONES | 5 | Elements of sounds and colors |
| 40% | SILENTES | 8 | Elements of love and hate |
| 40% | UPS | 3 | ___ and downs of life |
| 39% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 39% | KNEEBENDS | 9 | Ups and downs of exercise? |
| 38% | OFCOURSETHATS | 13 | End of every opinion piece by 24 Down on his old live show (continues at 71 and 81 Across) |
| 38% | FIELDING | 8 | See 1 Across and 1 Down |
| 38% | ITSTHEPITS | 10 | "Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 38% | SEESAW | 6 | The ups and downs of childhood? |
| 38% | IRON | 4 | Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 37% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech of "part" and "speech" |
| 37% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech for “part” and “speech” |
| 37% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech like ''go'' and ''be'' |
| 37% | REST | 4 | A period of relaxing and winding down |
| 37% | PRECALC | 7 | Course involving elements of algebra and trig |
| 37% | MOODS | 5 | Emotional ups and downs (like angry or happy) |
| 37% | EDEN | 4 | Where 62 Across and 2 Down never lived |
| 37% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "think" and "solve" |
| 37% | BOBBING | 7 | Up and down motion of boats on waves |
| 37% | KICKBALL | 8 | This game has elements of baseball and soccer |
| 37% | ACIDJAZZ | 8 | Genre incorporating elements of funk and hip-hop |
| 37% | DIVIDEDLOYALTIES | 16 | Description of 120-Across and 40-Down |