| 100% | BELONGING | 9 | Feeling or sense of fitting in with others |
| 48% | CLICK | 5 | Fit in with others (inf) |
| 40% | EMPATHIC | 8 | In tune with others’ feelings |
| 39% | LONELY | 6 | Feeling isolated or in need of company, say |
| 39% | SOMBRERO | 8 | Felt or straw hat with a wide brim worn by men in Mexico |
| 38% | VIBE | 4 | With 5-Across, assessment of the feeling in the room |
| 37% | CATAMARAN | 9 | A yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel |
| 37% | AGENDA | 6 | List of items or issues dealt with in a meeting |
| 36% | BELONG | 6 | Fit in with a group |
| 36% | BLAHS | 5 | Malaise or a sense of tedium, with "the" |
| 35% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 35-Across, a member of Destiny's Child, or an actress in "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 35% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | FINNAN | 6 | Haddock cured with the smoke of green wood or peat in NE Scotland |
| 35% | POD | 3 | Group of people who have contact only with each other, as in 2020 |
| 35% | ADDED | 5 | Put in with other things |
| 35% | ANGLICAN | 8 | Someone faithful to the Church of England or any Church in communion with it |
| 35% | OKBYME | 6 | "I'm good with it," or a description of eight occurrences in this puzzle |
| 34% | ACHE | 4 | Feeling in one's heart (or other muscles) |
| 34% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 34% | MINCE | 5 | With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do? |
| 34% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 34% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | JOUISSANCE | 10 | Feeling of enjoyment that “begins with a tickle” and “ends in a blaze of petrol,” per Jacques Lacan |
| 34% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 34% | SECONDCOMINGLED | 15 | Boxer's assistant blending in with others? |
| 34% | BELONGING | 9 | Sense of __; feeling of acceptance |
| 33% | BURMESE | 7 | Breed of domestic cat originating in SE Asia with a dark brown or blue-grey coat |
| 33% | LEASHES | 7 | Bunch held at intersections on outings with pets ... or in the intersections of the shaded words |
| 33% | AWE | 3 | Sense of admiration or wonder |
| 33% | UNITY | 5 | Sense of togetherness or community |