| 100% | PGA | 3 | Golf initialism that might proceed the word "tour" |
| 83% | PGA | 3 | Golf initialism that might precede the word "tour" |
| 44% | ICANSO | 6 | Words that might elicit the response "Prove it!" |
| 43% | BUT | 3 | Word that might undermine the sincerity of an apology |
| 43% | VOCAB | 5 | All the words that you may know, for short |
| 42% | HAIL | 4 | Precipitation that may be the size of golf balls |
| 42% | TUNE | 4 | Melody that may be whistled or sung (hidden in the word "fortune") |
| 41% | STAR | 4 | Word that might precede Trek or Wars at the movies |
| 41% | BOGGLE | 6 | Word search game that might overwhelm the mind |
| 41% | REGRET | 6 | Feeling that might accompany the words “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” |
| 41% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 41% | JOKE | 4 | Word that may follow the start of 20-, 25-, 44- or 50-Across |
| 41% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 41% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 40% | SIC | 3 | Word that may be used often when reporting on what the President says |
| 39% | FIRST | 5 | Word that may precede the initial parts of 17- and 62-Across and 9- and 33-Down |
| 38% | HAND | 4 | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 38% | GETA | 4 | Words that may precede the first words of 18-, 40- and 62-Across and 3- and 32-Down |
| 38% | LGBT | 4 | Initialism that may also end with Q |
| 38% | AKA | 3 | Initialism that may appear in a record |
| 37% | WBA | 3 | Initialism that might have a ring to it? |
| 37% | ARA | 3 | Irish river that many stray golf balls from the Tipperary Golf Club might end up in |
| 36% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 36% | COURTAPPEARANCE | 15 | Proceeding that may follow a subpoena, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 46-, and 59-Across can make? |
| 36% | ROCKUMENTARIES | 14 | Films that may follow a band on tour |
| 36% | PAR | 3 | Golf score that may be "saved" |
| 35% | LESION | 6 | Word derived from the Latin word for injury that my six year old might refer to as a "boo-boo" |
| 35% | AND | 3 | The word that ampersands are used for |
| 35% | NOT | 3 | Negating word that, if parsed with a space after the second letter, may help to understand nine Across answers |
| 35% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |