| 100% | BLACKLICORICE | 13 | Food that was called 53-Across before Twizzlers and the like |
| 48% | SNAILMAIL | 9 | System that was called 34-Across before the Internet |
| 47% | BRITISHENGLISH | 14 | Dialect that was called 22-Across before the age of colonialism |
| 45% | REALNUMBER | 10 | Concept that was called 36-Across before research into the square root of negatives |
| 45% | LEFTOVERS | 9 | Food that was not eaten the day before |
| 40% | ORGANICFARMING | 14 | Activity that was called 111-Across before pesticides |
| 40% | PAPERCOPY | 9 | Object that was called 100-Across before electronic documents |
| 39% | SILENTFILM | 10 | Entertainment category that was called 97-Across before talkies |
| 39% | EDEN | 4 | Site of "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 39% | EDEN | 4 | It contained "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 38% | FLATHEADSCREW | 13 | Fastener that was called 80-Across before a rounded design was implemented |
| 37% | DRPEPPER | 8 | Soda that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, is not technically a cola |
| 37% | SMOKEDEEL | 9 | Food that chef Tom Kerridge says is "like the poshest bacon ever" |
| 37% | ALTERNATIVE | 11 | ___ rock, style of music that was popularized in the 90s and has sub-genres like emo and post-grunge |
| 36% | PALEO | 5 | Diet that excludes processed food and is also known as the "caveman diet," for short |
| 36% | PERISHABLE | 10 | Like food that will decay |
| 36% | PERISHABLE | 10 | Like food that will spoil |
| 35% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 35% | ALDENTE | 7 | Like food that is served 25-Down |
| 35% | OKRA | 4 | Food that may be breaded and fried |
| 34% | EYES | 4 | Body parts that are called "the windows to the soul" |
| 34% | ASANA | 5 | Yoga position like the ones at 9a and 15d that you will encounter during a day of practicing yoga |
| 34% | POOOOOOOOOOOORK | 15 | Food that might be pulled off the shelves? |
| 34% | BOWLING | 7 | Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-Across |
| 34% | WALTERCHRYSLER | 14 | American industrialist who founded the company that made cars like the PT Cruiser, and is now a partner of Fiat |
| 34% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 34% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Moral lapse that is reflected literally by the answers at 17-, 24-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 34% | KEYS | 4 | Typically lost items that are "found" in the starts of 16-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 34% | OMOO | 4 | Novel that ends "By noon, the island had gone down in the horizon; and all before us was the wide Pacific" |
| 34% | GRIN | 4 | Expression that seems like it would be the opposite of 5-Across? |