| 100% | RECAP | 5 | Description of what happened |
| 65% | RECAP | 5 | Brief summary of what happened before |
| 65% | ANY | 3 | In ___ event (regardless of what happened) |
| 61% | FALCONCARESSED | 14 | Terse account of what happened at the Raptor Petting Zoo? |
| 61% | GRILLPAN | 8 | Try to uncover the truth of what happened to Hook? |
| 60% | ANXIETY | 7 | Nervousness, fear of what could happen |
| 59% | BARRYLEAVES | 11 | What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? |
| 59% | EXECUTION | 9 | What happens at the end of a death sentence |
| 59% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ (aware of what's happening) |
| 58% | HOMEFLIES | 9 | What happens in one scene in "The Wizard of Oz"? |
| 58% | OBLIVIOUS | 9 | Not aware of what's happening around oneself |
| 58% | WINBYANOSE | 10 | Edge out, and a description of what appears four places in this puzzle |
| 57% | GOCOASTTOCOAST | 14 | Travel cross-country … or a description of what 16-, 23- and 43-Across do? |
| 55% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |
| 55% | STARBURST | 9 | Chewy fruit-flavored candy … or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle |
| 55% | ACHAIRWENTUP | 12 | With 71 Across, what happened on an infamous episode of Geraldo? |
| 55% | SKISLOPES | 9 | Spots for moguls, and what happens in each set of circles |
| 54% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 53% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | ODDS | 4 | Probability of something happening; What are the ___? |
| 52% | POSTITNOTES | 11 | Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? |
| 52% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 49% | JOINHANDS | 9 | Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do |
| 49% | ALROKER | 7 | "Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" speaker |
| 48% | INANYCASE | 9 | No matter what happens |
| 48% | EVENT | 5 | That's what happens |
| 48% | ASATEST | 7 | To see what happens |
| 48% | COURSEOFEVENTS | 14 | What happened |
| 48% | XXXXXXX | 7 | What happened |
| 47% | DOOMSCROLLING | 13 | Habit of incessantly reading bad news online, and what's happening in the circles |