| 100% | ITSOUT | 6 | Call after the 72-Across crosses the 16-Down seven times and lands here |
| 46% | DOSOMETHING | 11 | Call to action at times heard after the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 31% | MOOS | 4 | Reporter Jeanne who in 2014 who apologized after calling the haka a cross between a "lap dance and the mating dance of an emu" |
| 30% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |
| 29% | HIPPO | 5 | Third-largest land mammal, after the elephant and rhino |
| 29% | LESSOR | 6 | Landlord, and an anagram of the plural of 16 Down |
| 29% | JAMESHOLZHAUER | 14 | Record-setting contestant competing with Ken Jennings and 16-Across on "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LUKE | 4 | ___ Kuechly, football linebacker who retired in 2020 and made it to the Pro Bowl seven times |
| 28% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 28% | HASTEMAKESWASTE | 15 | "Slow down and do it right the first time" |
| 27% | ADVENTURE | 9 | Jake and Finn explore the Land of Ooo in __ Time |
| 27% | ETHEL | 5 | Fred Mertz's wife on the classic TV sitcom starring 6 down and 41 across |
| 27% | CAREW | 5 | Slugger Rod who was the A.L. batting champion seven times between 1969 and 1978 |
| 27% | YANKEEFAN | 9 | Person who's 11 Across, after putting a hyphen between the third and fourth letters? |
| 27% | WORD | 4 | ___ ladder (puzzle type seen at 9 Across, 10 Across, 19 Across, 20 Across, and 16 Down) |
| 26% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Call after the first swing |
| 26% | NIXON | 5 | He placed a call to Armstrong and Aldrin minutes after their landing |
| 26% | UNDER | 5 | Australia is called the "Land Down __" |
| 26% | BRAIN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17-, 35- and 54-Across and 16-Down |
| 26% | ZAKIYA | 6 | With 15 and 16 Across, writer with the 2021 debut novel "The Other Black Girl" |
| 26% | LANE | 4 | Go down the memory ___, remember the happy times, and a metaphorical place to enjoy 33a |
| 26% | XXXXXXXXXXXXX | 13 | Get in on the winnings after "I-24" and "G-55" are called? |
| 26% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |
| 26% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 25% | FALSE | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 16- and 59-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 25% | LIMIT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down |
| 25% | STEW | 4 | Word that can follow the first parts of 16- and 59-Across and 15- and 28-Down |
| 25% | TIGER | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 16- and 61-Across and 15- and 28-Down |
| 25% | TRAIL | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 52-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 25% | BALLOON | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 32-Down |