| 100% | MIRRORS | 7 | Confuse like a magician with smoke and __ |
| 50% | NUMB | 4 | Like a foot with pins and needles |
| 49% | EMO | 3 | Like a style with eyeliner and long bangs |
| 48% | ZEROSUM | 7 | Like a system with equal gains and losses |
| 48% | ZEROSUM | 7 | Like a game with equal winners and losers |
| 47% | IRISH | 5 | Like a flag with green, white and orange stripes |
| 47% | SMART | 5 | Like a home speaker with Wi-Fi and voice command |
| 45% | ARTY | 4 | Like a subtitled B&W movie where everyone smokes and wears shades |
| 45% | TRAGIC | 6 | Like a play with an unhappy ending, such as "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 43% | BLUR | 4 | A rock band with hits like "Song 2" and "Coffee & TV" |
| 43% | TACIT | 5 | Like something communicated with a wink and a nod |
| 43% | ARTY | 4 | Like a movie filmed in black and white where everyone speaks with a fake British accent |
| 42% | GAR | 3 | Fish with a long jaw and a needle like nose |
| 42% | FILM | 4 | Theater showing ... and with 47a, a wordless movie like "Metropolis" |
| 42% | BIRDS | 5 | Feathered fliers with a "whistling" call, like robins and goldfinches |
| 42% | BILLOWING | 9 | Filling with wind and moving like a sail |
| 42% | ECON | 4 | A subject in college that deals with things like demand and finances: Abbr |
| 42% | SUCCULENT | 9 | Juicy and tasty like a plant with flesh leaves |
| 42% | TOXIC | 5 | Like a substance with a skull-and-crossbones label |
| 41% | DEFT | 4 | Like a magician's hands |
| 41% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, a band considered to be among the pioneers of metal and hard rock with hits like "Smoke on the Water" |
| 41% | TABOO | 5 | Like eating pizza with a fork and knife in New York City |
| 41% | TRANS | 5 | Like someone associated with a blue, pink and white flag, for short |
| 40% | CRUE | 4 | Motley ___, a heavy metal band with members like Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee |
| 40% | SOUL | 4 | I'm a music genre with artists like Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin |
| 40% | PUNK | 4 | I'm a music genre with bands like Green Day and The Ramones |
| 40% | DISCO | 5 | I'm a music genre with singers like Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor |
| 40% | EDM | 3 | I'm a music genre with artists like David Guetta and Tiesto: Abbr. |
| 40% | BREAKINGTHROUGH | 15 | With 56-Across, successful like Jackie Robinson [and a hint for 22-, 35- and 49-Across] |
| 40% | SPELLBIND | 9 | Captivate, mesmerize, like a magician |