| 100% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 73% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 50% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 50% | AMTRAK | 6 | Nationwide rail system whose name is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" |
| 50% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 49% | LENOVO | 6 | Chinese tech giant whose name is a portmanteau of the word "legend" and the Latin ablative "novo" |
| 48% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 48% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 47% | WIKIPEDIA | 9 | Online source of information whose name is a portmanteau of the Hawaiian word "wiki" and "encyclopedia" |
| 46% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 44% | LEMUR | 5 | Primate with large eyes and a long tail that is endemic to the island of Madagascar |
| 43% | COLD | 4 | ___ wave, climate condition leading to freezing temperatures that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 43% | CRAZYFORYOU | 11 | 1985 pop song by Madonna that is a part of the soundtrack to the film "Vision Quest": 3 wds. |
| 43% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 43% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 42% | TORO | 4 | Brand of lawn mowers and snow blowers that is also the Spanish word for a "bull" |
| 42% | ANKLE | 5 | ___ circles, move that exercises the joint close to your foot, and something that can be a part of your home workout |
| 42% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 41% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 41% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 41% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 41% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 41% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 41% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | TAPS | 4 | Link to this solo (and a copy of the words, too) can be found on the Army Study Guide website |
| 41% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 41% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | NUDE | 4 | Second single from Radiohead's album in 18a, that had a different title originally and was supposed to be part of the album "OK Computer" |
| 40% | MOUSELEMUR | 10 | A species unique to Madagascar that is the world's smallest primate and one of the smallest mammals in the world: 2 wds. |
| 40% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |