| 100% | ROWDY | 5 | Description for Roddy Piper and Ronda Rousey |
| 83% | ROWDY | 5 | Nickname for Roddy Piper and Ronda Rousey |
| 48% | MMA | 3 | Fighting Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey are known for |
| 37% | MMA | 3 | Ronda Rousey's sport, for short |
| 36% | THEYLIVE | 8 | 1988 sci-fi film starring Roddy Piper and Keith David |
| 36% | THEY | 4 | & 5D 1988 sci-fi film starring Roddy Piper and Keith David |
| 35% | TWISTED | 7 | Description for some hair styles and senses of humor |
| 32% | MMA | 3 | Sport for Ronda Rousey, for short |
| 31% | MMA | 3 | Sport for UFC fighters like Ronda Rousey: Abbr. |
| 29% | LAID | 4 | ___ and slayed (rhyming description for hair) |
| 27% | MMA | 3 | Ronda Rousey's sport |
| 27% | JUDO | 4 | Ronda Rousey’s sport |
| 27% | FEW | 3 | Description for the Marines |
| 27% | DEWY | 4 | Description for hydrated skin |
| 27% | MMA | 3 | Ronda Rousey's sport, initially |
| 27% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 27% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | SOUNDBITES | 10 | Broadcast news snippets ... or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? |
| 27% | SPEC | 4 | Description, for short |
| 26% | MMA | 3 | Ronda Rousey's fighting sport: Abbr. |
| 26% | CLASSIC | 7 | Description for fashions that are timeless |
| 26% | CHIC | 4 | Description for a stylish Bedouin, perhaps |
| 26% | PARTYANIMALS | 12 | They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 25% | NEUROTIC | 8 | Description for person who's emotionally unstable |
| 25% | WINDING | 7 | Description for the road around a mountain |
| 25% | CARBONOFFSET | 12 | Purported counterbalance for greenhouse-gas emissions . . . or a description of the wordplay in 18-, 27-, 39-, and 51-Across |
| 25% | ITSBIG | 6 | Promotional description for a coming show |
| 25% | BRUTALISM | 9 | Smithsons' coined description for harsh buildings |
| 25% | HEARTSMART | 10 | Rhyming description for some healthy foods |