| 100% | SABOT | 5 | French clog … and the root of an English word meaning "disrupt" |
| 41% | THANKYOU | 8 | Meaning of the French word "merci" |
| 41% | SINGER | 6 | The meaning of the French word "chanteuse" |
| 41% | BROTHER | 7 | English translation of the French word "frere" |
| 41% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | The study of word origins and meanings |
| 41% | DRUNK | 5 | Meaning of the slang words "turnt" and "lit" |
| 40% | YES | 3 | What the French word "oui" means in English |
| 39% | ORRIS | 5 | The root of an iris flower |
| 39% | HYGGE | 5 | Word, originally from Danish, meaning an ambiance of coziness and contentment |
| 39% | AND | 3 | English equivalent of the French word "et" or the Spanish "y" |
| 39% | BLUNT | 5 | *Not pointed ... and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 38% | MAMA | 4 | Word with the same meaning in English, Swahili and Mandarin, among other languages |
| 37% | COAL | 4 | *Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 37% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | OUT | 3 | One of an inning's three, which can follow the first word of 17-, 29-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 36% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 36% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 36% | CONTEXTCLUE | 11 | Help in guessing the meaning of an unfamiliar word |
| 36% | GOBLINMODE | 10 | Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically self-indulgent state |
| 35% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 35% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name consisting of an English word followed by its Spanish equivalent |
| 35% | NUMBERS | 7 | 5, 3/4, pi, square root of -1 ... or a word that follows the starts of 17-, 27-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 35% | RENDEZVOUS | 10 | French word adopted into English to mean an agreed meet-up |
| 35% | BROWNING | 8 | Surname of an English poet and a firearm designer |
| 35% | SEMANTIC | 8 | Word meaning "concerning the meaning of words" |
| 35% | LIGHTNING | 9 | What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively |
| 34% | LEFT | 4 | The translation of this English word is "sinister" in Latin |
| 34% | BEOWULF | 7 | 2007 movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone, based on an Old English epic poem of the same name |
| 34% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |