| 100% | LOSS | 4 | At a ___ for words |
| 100% | LOSS | 4 | At a __ for words |
| 96% | LOSS | 4 | At a __ for words (speechless) |
| 96% | LOSS | 4 | At a ___ for words (dumbstruck) |
| 93% | LOSS | 4 | "I'm at a ___ for words" |
| 91% | SPEECHLESS | 10 | At a loss for words |
| 91% | AWED | 4 | At a loss for words |
| 88% | HUMS | 4 | Is at a loss for words? |
| 88% | AWED | 4 | Left at a loss for words |
| 88% | STUNS | 5 | Leaves at a loss for words |
| 88% | AWE | 3 | Leave at a loss for words |
| 87% | LOSS | 4 | "After his fantastic speech, I was at a ___ for words." (speechless) |
| 87% | HUM | 3 | Be at a loss for words, perhaps |
| 85% | AWE | 3 | Feeling of being at a loss for words |
| 83% | ROGET | 5 | Brit who definitely wasn't at a loss for words |
| 78% | READYAIMFIRE | 12 | Motivational words for a boss at layoff time? |
| 77% | INDENTION | 9 | Old word for space at beginning of a paragraph |
| 76% | ETC | 3 | Word used at the end, to suggest a complete list, for short |
| 75% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 71% | WHATMORECANISAY | 15 | Words from one who's at a loss for words |
| 70% | COLOR | 5 | Pigment or hue, and a hint for the theme words at 43a, 58a, and 42d |
| 69% | LOSS | 4 | At a ___ of words (dumbstruck) |
| 67% | INLA | 4 | At a Dodger game, for short |
| 67% | PUZZLED | 7 | At a loss for an explanation |
| 67% | TOV | 3 | Word for "good" heard often at a bat mitzvah, probably |
| 67% | LINE | 4 | Another word for a queue at a ticket booth |
| 65% | BROMANTICCOMEDY | 15 | Modern-day genre for the 1952 film whose title is suggested by a word ladder starting at 1-Across |
| 65% | INAWE | 5 | At a loss of words, maybe: 2 wds. |
| 65% | IAM | 3 | "___ at a loss of words!": 2 wds. |
| 65% | UKE | 3 | Strings at a luau, for short |