| 100% | KNEEDEEP | 8 | Coming only a foot or two up the leg (2 words) |
| 38% | SOCK | 4 | (4/10) "Let's cozy up the fireplace with a red ___ (foot warmer) or two for Santa to fill with small gifts!" |
| 34% | HUEANDCRY | 9 | Public uproar … or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 34% | CROSSBREEDS | 11 | Animals with parents of two distinct varieties ... or a description of the pairs of shaded words? |
| 34% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 33% | LAMED | 5 | Disabled in the leg or foot |
| 33% | JELLY | 5 | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 32% | SYLLABLES | 9 | They break up the pronunciation of a word |
| 32% | AFEW | 4 | Only two or three: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 32% | JUGGERNAUT | 10 | An overwhelming force or entity, the word for which comes from the Sanskrit word "Jagannatha," a hindu god |
| 31% | LYRICS | 6 | The words or libretto to a song |
| 31% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 31% | GARTER | 6 | Band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking |
| 31% | WARMS | 5 | Goes up a degree or two |
| 31% | SCORED | 6 | Picked up a point or two |
| 31% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 31% | COMPARE | 7 | Weigh up the pros and cons of two or more items |
| 31% | COMPOUND | 8 | Word made up of two or more separate words |
| 31% | GUESSWORK | 9 | Coming up with a theory without the full facts |
| 31% | SUBTITLES | 9 | Wording laid across the foot of a foreign film |
| 31% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AID | 3 | Give a leg up ... or a hand |
| 31% | IDIOM | 5 | "Break the ice" or "break a leg" |
| 31% | SOLE | 4 | Fish, or a part of the foot |
| 30% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 30% | ELEVATORSHAFT | 13 | Where a car goes only up or down |
| 30% | STAND | 5 | Word after "take a" or "take the" |