| 100% | DETOX | 5 | Dry out, as in rehab |
| 62% | DETOX | 5 | Get clean, as in rehab |
| 60% | PARCH | 5 | Dry out, as earth |
| 60% | CHAP | 4 | Dry out, as lips |
| 57% | REHAB | 5 | Dry out, in a way |
| 55% | BURNED | 6 | Outed as an agent, in spy lingo |
| 54% | BARNONE | 7 | Without exception ... as in dry counties? |
| 52% | HIGHLIGHT | 9 | Make something stand out as important in art |
| 52% | SUNKENPLACE | 11 | Dissociative void, as in the film "Get Out" |
| 52% | COURTYARD | 9 | Dry our cat out in enclosure |
| 51% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Pop singer who came out as nonbinary in 2019 |
| 51% | TABHUNTER | 9 | 1950s heartthrob who came out as gay in 2005 |
| 51% | DARTED | 6 | Ran out, as in front of traffic |
| 50% | TAG | 3 | Put out, as a base runner in baseball |
| 50% | ALLOT | 5 | Parcel out, as spaces in a 7-Down |
| 50% | DEALT | 5 | Passed out, as cards in a poker game |
| 50% | CHAP | 4 | Become dry in winter, as lips |
| 49% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | “Sorry Not Sorry” singer who came out as nonbinary in 2021 |
| 49% | CLOVES | 6 | Dry flower buds used as a spice in meat |
| 49% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried grape, eaten as a snack or in cooking |
| 49% | ARIES | 5 | This comes in as March goes out |
| 49% | UNSENT | 6 | Still in the out-box, as mail |
| 48% | ABETS | 5 | Looks out for, as a partner in crime |
| 48% | ALTER | 5 | Let out or take in, as a costume |
| 48% | JUSTGIRLYTHINGS | 15 | Satirically feminine 2010s meme account whose owner came out as lesbian in 2020 |
| 47% | GIGO | 4 | Rubbish in, rubbish out, as data: Abbr. |
| 47% | STALEST | 7 | Most dried-out, as bread |
| 46% | OFFCENTER | 9 | Out of whack, as shown in 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 46% | DEADPANS | 8 | Delivers in a dry manner, as jokes |
| 45% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |