| 100% | SHORTSHORTS | 11 | Cutoffs that can’t have much more cut off |
| 48% | PBJ | 3 | Sandwich that may have the crusts cut off, for short |
| 46% | MOLES | 5 | Oaxacan sauces that can have more than 30 ingredients |
| 46% | URL | 3 | Link that can't have any spaces |
| 45% | SPREADTOOTHIN | 13 | Having bitten off more than one can chew |
| 45% | TINYHOUSES | 10 | Pads that can’t hold much |
| 44% | MINE | 4 | "You can't have that!" |
| 44% | BASRELIEF | 9 | Art form that doesn’t have much depth |
| 43% | TOO | 3 | "You can't have ___ much of a good thing" |
| 43% | POTATO | 6 | It has eyes that can't see |
| 43% | SPUD | 4 | It has eyes that can't see |
| 42% | STONER | 6 | Type that can't stay off the grass? |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | It has a trunk that can't be packed |
| 41% | SHORN | 5 | Having had its wool cut off |
| 40% | DUDS | 4 | Fireworks that could have been great, but weren't |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | What you may have that I can't? |
| 39% | LIC | 3 | Bus. need that most lemonade stands don't have |
| 38% | ERASE | 5 | What many pencils can do that magic markers can't |
| 38% | AAD | 3 | Org. having their Virtual Legislative Conference in September and if you can't make it, it's no skin off my nose... and they can fix that, too! |
| 38% | CHEW | 4 | "Don't bite off more than you can ___" |
| 38% | BITE | 4 | "Don't ___ off more than you can chew!" |
| 38% | ODED | 4 | Had more than one could handle |
| 38% | ASILAYDINGY | 11 | Story of a Mississippi family that can't wash after the water's shut off? |
| 38% | SHARP | 5 | Edge that can cut |
| 38% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 38% | HAIR | 4 | Head strands that can be given a layered cut |
| 38% | BRA | 3 | Garment that can also have "-ssiere" at the end |
| 38% | SARI | 4 | Garment that can be draped in many different ways |
| 37% | LOIN | 4 | Cut of pork that can be "tender" |
| 37% | MOVETHENEEDLE | 13 | Have an impact that can be gauged |