| 100% | MAKEMINEADOUBLE | 15 | Duffer's sad 18th-hole reply to "Bogey for you?" ... and 19th-hole request to the bartender? |
| 36% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 35% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 34% | WHOISIT | 7 | Reply to "The phone's for you" |
| 34% | SIGNS | 5 | Touches one's chin and moves the hand down to say "Thank you," for example |
| 33% | FEE | 3 | The $1000 you shell out for you and your buddy to play a round of golf at Nevada's Shadow Creek Golf Course |
| 31% | STOOL | 5 | Seat for spilling one’s guts to the bartender |
| 31% | CYCLING | 7 | Transportation that's good for you and the planet |
| 30% | TIME | 4 | What's seen on a clock ... and an invisible ingredient for farmers to grow the crops you see in the puzzle |
| 30% | STEM | 4 | What to hold when the bud's for you |
| 29% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 29% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
| 29% | GUEST | 5 | (3/5) "She leads you to the ___ (visitor) room where Tom Blanks stayed and you start to search for clues..." |
| 29% | USA | 3 | The land that was made for you and me |
| 29% | APRIL | 5 | Psych! You've been ___ Fooled ! Find the answers to 28a, 32a, and 45a for a surprise :) |
| 28% | ABOLITION | 9 | 18th- and 19th-century movement to end slavery |
| 28% | ATL | 3 | Georgia's capital and home to the Falcons and the Hawks, for short |
| 28% | AREWEOK | 7 | "Do you and I need to clear the air?" |
| 28% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 28% | LENDMEYOUREARS | 14 | Mark Antony's request to the farmer when he realized he didn't have enough corn for the cookout? |
| 27% | MOON | 4 | "Love you to the ___ and back" |
| 27% | OLE | 3 | Her s___ purpose in life was to provide for herself and her family |
| 27% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 27% | BECAUSEISAIDSO | 14 | Reply to the question in 13- and 57-Down |
| 27% | MOON | 4 | "I love you to the ___ and back" |
| 27% | SEATCHANGE | 10 | Irritated passenger's request, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 27% | PAGETURNER | 10 | You may not need a bookmark for one ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 27% | MIA | 3 | "Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" author Hamm |
| 27% | YES | 3 | Reply to roughly 3.6% of Harvard applicants for the 2028 class |
| 27% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |