| 100% | CARTEBLANCHE | 12 | Drag Miss DuBois to dinner, in 33-Across? |
| 39% | SEL | 3 | Something it's quite polite to pass across the dinner table in Paris |
| 37% | DONTTAKEANYOF | 13 | With 33-Down, Skeptic's advice ... or a "noteworthy" hint to seven Across answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | ANTE | 4 | First contribution to the 33-Across, in card games |
| 32% | ACE | 3 | Hole in 33-Across |
| 32% | COCOGAUFF | 9 | American 33-Across player who was runner-up to 16-Across at Roland-Garros in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ISAAC | 5 | With 33-Across, Ukrainian-born violinist whose 1979 visit to China was recorded in an Oscar-winning documentary |
| 32% | NESTCEPAS | 9 | Father finch, in 33-Across? |
| 32% | HAUTECUISINE | 12 | Stable fare, in 33-Across? |
| 32% | ELSOL | 5 | "The sun," in 33-Across |
| 31% | EMMY | 4 | What the “E” stands for in 33-Across |
| 31% | SON | 3 | 33-Across, to Archie |
| 31% | LEI | 3 | Award for Miss Hawaii, in addition to a tiara |
| 31% | SUSHI | 5 | What you wouldn't want to miss in Japan |
| 31% | LOUISCINQ | 9 | The king has drowned, in 33-Across? |
| 30% | NACL | 4 | 33-Across, in a lab |
| 30% | COOKIES | 7 | Stored in a jar, not to be eaten before dinner |
| 30% | BYE | 3 | Word repeated to Miss American Pie in a popular song |
| 30% | PERISCOPE | 9 | Use it to see across trenches or in a submarine |
| 30% | FINDMYIPHONE | 12 | App introduced in 2010 to locate a missing Apple product |
| 30% | REED | 4 | Used in 13 Across to produce a tone |
| 30% | ASAMAN | 6 | One way to dress in drag |
| 30% | JOANNE | 6 | With 33-Across, "Laugh-In" performer who reacted to chicken jokes: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 29% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
| 29% | TURKEYDINNERWITH | 16 | With 45 Across, what male foxes look forward to in November? |
| 29% | LAUREN | 6 | With 33-Across, "Good Girls" actress and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2020 |
| 29% | GLUESTICK | 9 | Crafting staple used in drag makeup to mask one’s natural eyebrows |
| 29% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across SE Poland to the Vistula |
| 29% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across southeast Poland to the Vistula |