| 100% | ROMO | 4 | Former Dallas QB Tony whose third son with wife Candice is on the way |
| 29% | ROMO | 4 | Former Dallas QB Tony |
| 28% | WANE | 4 | Be on the way out |
| 28% | HELENHAYES | 10 | Tony winner whose eponymous theater is the smallest on Broadway |
| 27% | TUG | 3 | With 48-Down, former pitcher whose son Tim is a country singer |
| 27% | SPACE | 5 | With 6-Across, sort whose head is way up in the clouds |
| 27% | YOUREINFORITNOW | 15 | "Big trouble is on the way!" |
| 27% | FAT | 3 | ___ Lever, former Dallas Mavericks player who is among those with the most triple-doubles in NBA history |
| 26% | SURFS | 5 | Is on the board, in a way |
| 26% | SMITTEN | 7 | On the way to being in love |
| 26% | RODDY | 5 | With 32-Across, American rapper whose "The Box" was the #3 song on Spotify in 2020 |
| 25% | HOWS | 4 | Questions on the way things are done |
| 25% | APPLEGATE | 9 | With 21-Across, the actress - whose birthday it is today - who played Kelly, the daughter, on "Married... with Children" |
| 25% | CHRISTINA | 9 | With 36-Across, the actress - whose birthday it is today - who played Kelly, the daughter, on "Married... with Children" |
| 25% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 25% | FLYSTANDBY | 10 | Gnat: "Bug spray sighting. Request for assistance." Bee: "__. Backup is on the way." |
| 25% | ALOU | 4 | Former MLB manager Felipe whose son Luis Rojas is the manager of the New York Mets |
| 25% | WORDING | 7 | The way something is expressed on paper |
| 24% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Former figure skater who took third place on "Dancing with the Stars: Athletes" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird whose call is often dubbed over with the call of a red-tailed hawk, on TV and in movies |
| 24% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | Former "Dancing With the Stars" pro who was encouraged to release his single "Hold On" after losing a friend to suicide: 2 wds. |
| 24% | LAYOUT | 6 | The way text is set on a page before publishing |
| 23% | IRAQ | 4 | Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad |
| 23% | NICKSANDOW | 10 | Former "Third Watch" actor who plays Joe Caputo on "Orange Is the New Black" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | ARLO | 4 | Guthrie whose third album was the "Alice's Restaurant" soundtrack |
| 23% | VERA | 4 | Wife whose face was never seen on "Cheers" |
| 23% | ASEA | 4 | The ship was ___ on the way to Antarctica |
| 23% | PAR | 3 | "He is on ___ with everyone else in the team." (equal to) |
| 23% | SMU | 3 | Dallas school whose sports teams are the Mustangs: Abbr. |
| 23% | OWNER | 5 | The one whose name the deed is made on |