| 100% | ZESTFUL | 7 | Chock-a-block with citrus peel, in a spirited kind of way? |
| 49% | EERIE | 5 | Strange, in a creepy kind of way |
| 44% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 42% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with the hard of hearing, in a way |
| 42% | COKED | 5 | Out of one's mind, in a way, with "up" |
| 41% | ZEST | 4 | Citrus peel in a cocktail |
| 41% | METGALA | 7 | Big Apple fund-raiser with a kind of apple in its name |
| 39% | ZESTFULLY | 9 | In a spirited way |
| 39% | RIGHTBETWEENTHE | 15 | With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 39% | WRY | 3 | Funny, in a dry sort of way |
| 39% | SHREWD | 6 | Clever, in a cunning sort of way |
| 39% | RETRO | 5 | Cool, in a throwback sort of way |
| 39% | RETRO | 5 | Cool in a throwback sort of way |
| 39% | DOUR | 4 | Sullen, in a grim sort of way |
| 39% | RUNE | 4 | Character in a certain kind of alphabet |
| 38% | HIE | 3 | "Floor it", in a quaint sort of way |
| 38% | CLOUD | 5 | The Internet, in a metaphoric sort of way |
| 38% | TUG | 3 | Take part in a playful kind of war |
| 38% | WARMLY | 6 | In a kind and welcoming way |
| 38% | COMMENDABLY | 11 | In a way deserving of praise |
| 38% | SHRUG | 5 | Indicate "So what?" in a silent sort of way |
| 38% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 37% | SASSY | 5 | Spirited, in a way |
| 37% | DAMUP | 5 | Block, in a way |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | Block, in a way |
| 37% | ASWARM | 6 | Like bees on the rampage, in a quaint sort of way |
| 37% | NEEDY | 5 | In a constant state of want; rhymes with seedy |
| 37% | FAMOUSLY | 8 | With renown, in a well-known way |
| 37% | SLR | 3 | Camera with a particular kind of lens |
| 37% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Block traffic, in a way |