| 100% | RECAP | 5 | Brief summary of what happened before |
| 47% | SYNOPSIS | 8 | Brief summary of a plot |
| 46% | RECAP | 5 | Brief summary of a TV episode |
| 46% | RECAP | 5 | Description of what happened |
| 45% | ROUNDUP | 7 | Brief summary of the day's news headlines |
| 45% | ANY | 3 | In ___ event (regardless of what happened) |
| 43% | TLDR | 4 | “Here’s a brief summary of the preceding post” |
| 42% | FALCONCARESSED | 14 | Terse account of what happened at the Raptor Petting Zoo? |
| 42% | GRILLPAN | 8 | Try to uncover the truth of what happened to Hook? |
| 41% | ANXIETY | 7 | Nervousness, fear of what could happen |
| 41% | BARRYLEAVES | 11 | What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? |
| 41% | EXECUTION | 9 | What happens at the end of a death sentence |
| 41% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ (aware of what's happening) |
| 40% | HOMEFLIES | 9 | What happens in one scene in "The Wizard of Oz"? |
| 40% | OBLIVIOUS | 9 | Not aware of what's happening around oneself |
| 38% | ETE | 3 | What comes right before the fall of Napoleon? |
| 38% | ACHAIRWENTUP | 12 | With 71 Across, what happened on an infamous episode of Geraldo? |
| 38% | SKISLOPES | 9 | Spots for moguls, and what happens in each set of circles |
| 37% | LSAT | 4 | What the Clintons each took before they met, in brief |
| 36% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 36% | EXAM | 4 | What often takes place right before the end of a semester |
| 36% | ODDS | 4 | Probability of something happening; What are the ___? |
| 36% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 35% | TIANOMORE | 9 | Star of "Earth Mama" ... or a summary of what's happened to 3 Down and 6 Down? |
| 34% | MEGA | 4 | Half of what MMMM solvers try to find before the end of the year, for short |
| 34% | TWELFTHNIGHTNIGHT | 17 | What the mother of a dozen kids says just before turning out the light? |
| 34% | ALROKER | 7 | "Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" speaker |
| 34% | TLDR | 4 | Letters before a summary of a wordy post |
| 33% | APERCU | 6 | Brief summary |
| 33% | PRECIS | 6 | Brief summary |