| 100% | MICRO | 5 | Both words in “Brewers manager” can take this prefix |
| 43% | STAB | 4 | You could take this in the dark if you didn't know any better |
| 43% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 41% | HEADLINES | 9 | Newspaper's attention-getters, and what both words in 17-, 25-, 38- and 54-Across can do |
| 40% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |
| 39% | OVERLOOK | 8 | Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "supervise" and "neglect" |
| 39% | OFF | 3 | Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "activate" and "deactivate" |
| 39% | CLIP | 4 | Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "fasten" and "cut" |
| 39% | EDGEWISE | 8 | Can't get a word in this way? |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Two can take this |
| 38% | SANCTION | 8 | Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "give approval to" or "penalize" |
| 38% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 36% | DUST | 4 | Depending on the situation, this word can mean both, "cover with powder" and "clean the powder" |
| 36% | ALPS | 4 | Before leaving, maybe you could take a ski vacation in this mountain range that is partially located within France (3/3) |
| 36% | SORRY | 5 | Word that can fill both blanks in the phrase "___, not ___" |
| 36% | VILLAGE | 7 | It can take this to raise a child |
| 36% | IQUIT | 5 | "You can take this job and shove it!" |
| 35% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | IQUIT | 5 | "You can take this job and shove it!": 2 wds. |
| 34% | NOTES | 5 | Students take these down in class |
| 34% | PRE | 3 | Prefix in this clue |
| 34% | RUSHT | 5 | It can take root in wet places |
| 34% | ROGET | 5 | You can take his word for it |
| 34% | RISING | 6 | Ascendant, like four words in this puzzle |
| 34% | MASS | 4 | Important word in both physics and religion |
| 34% | TRES | 4 | 101 word in both Spanish and French |
| 34% | PRE | 3 | Prefix found in this clue |
| 34% | PRE | 3 | Prefix in the word "prefix" |
| 34% | NEO | 3 | This is new in prefixes |