| 100% | GETREADYWITHME | 14 | Friend's invitation before a party, or a TikTok genre that shows off the starts of 20-, 30-, and 41-Across |
| 43% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" … or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across |
| 38% | COW | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 38% | PIG | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 38% | DUCK | 4 | Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 38% | FARM | 4 | Place that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 38% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | 1998 Hanks/Ryan rom-com ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 38% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 37% | YOUCANCALLMEAL | 14 | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 37% | STOCKOPTIONS | 12 | Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across? |
| 37% | LABCOAT | 7 | Wear for a chemist, or for a canine, as shown by the starts of 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across |
| 36% | SECURITY | 8 | Mall cop's job ... or a word that can precede the starts of 19-, 32-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 36% | SWIPERIGHT | 10 | Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically |
| 36% | ITSTIMETOROLL | 13 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 36% | CONTROLGROUP | 12 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
| 35% | NAMEDROPS | 9 | Shows off one's connections, or what you'll do by speaking the starts of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 35% | WHATITSALLABOUT | 15 | The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 35% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 35% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 35% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 35% | NOTONMYWATCH | 12 | "I forbid this" … or what a smart device wearer might claim regarding the ends of 20-, 30-, 40- and 48-Across? |
| 34% | GHOST | 5 | Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across |
| 34% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across |
| 34% | RSVPING | 7 | Acknowledging an invitation ... or a hint to the starts of 19-, 32-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 34% | PLANTMANAGERS | 13 | Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across |
| 34% | WHATSCRACKING | 13 | Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 34% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 34% | CHANGEOFPACE | 12 | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| 34% | KEY | 3 | Fundamental, and a word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 34% | PROCESSEDMEAT | 13 | Spam or sausage ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 35- and 42-Across |