| 100% | HEROICS | 7 | Common behavior of Arthur MacArthur, Jr. and Douglas MacArthur, judging by the medals they got |
| 32% | ONION | 5 | Common veggie capable of producing excellent brown and yellow dyes simply by boiling the skin |
| 30% | SEAS | 4 | They could get high and become rough although most of the time they're open |
| 30% | LAYLA | 5 | 1970 song by Eric Clapton featuring the titular character who's got him "on his knees," and is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |
| 29% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 28% | DONTBESILLY | 11 | "C'mon, get serious!" ... and an admonition evidently ignored by the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 28% | AFISHOUTOFWATER | 15 | Misfit ... or what you get after the sequence described by the ends of 17-, 21-, 57- and 63-Across? |
| 27% | LOVEFORSALE | 11 | 2021 collaborative album with the single "I Get a Kick Out of You" by Lady Gaga and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 27% | PET | 3 | "What ___ Should I Get?," 2015 book by Dr. Seuss that chronicles the adventures of Jay and Kay |
| 27% | TIDES | 5 | They get high by the beach |
| 27% | ASTIR | 5 | Up and about, judging by the banging and clomping coming from above |
| 26% | BOSS | 4 | "___ of Me," 2001 song by They Might Be Giants and theme song of the family sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" |
| 26% | EGOS | 4 | They get in the way of sound thinking |
| 26% | HONOR | 5 | Medal of ___ (military award bestowed by the US president) |
| 26% | USVISAS | 7 | They're issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs |
| 26% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who got the Medal of Freedom |
| 26% | SPIES | 5 | Sometimes they get the hang of it |
| 26% | ORGAN | 5 | Tommy, lead guitarist in The Jacksons' "Unity Tour" of 2012 and 2013, who would seem to be playing the wrong instrument, judging by his name |
| 26% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | Native American Olympic gold medalist and NFL All-Pro posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden: 2 wds. |
| 26% | EARTHASCIENCE | 13 | The study of the nature and behavior of singer Kitt? |
| 26% | AMID | 4 | "___ all the confusion, they got away..." (in the thick of) |
| 26% | AMID | 4 | "...___ all the confusion, they got away!" (in the thick of) |
| 26% | TIREMARKS | 9 | They may be left by the side of the road |
| 26% | SCHNITZLER | 10 | Arthur —, author of stage plays Reigen and The Green Cockatoo |
| 26% | LETITBE | 7 | The name of a song and album by the Beatles |
| 26% | ARTS | 4 | National Medal of ___ (honor bestowed by the president) |
| 26% | DOOLITTLE | 9 | Jimmy awarded the Medal of Honor by FDR |
| 25% | AGRIPPINA | 9 | Name shared by the mothers of Caligula and Nero |
| 25% | JONASSALK | 9 | Virologist who developed the first successful polio vaccine and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977 (2 wds.) |