| 100% | SOSA | 4 | Guy who started and ended as a Ranger but spent most of the time as a Cub |
| 38% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen |
| 35% | NEST | 4 | Start and end of many a flight |
| 35% | CYBERNAUT | 9 | One who spends most of their time on the 'net |
| 35% | BOUGH | 5 | *Main branch of a tree that ends the same as 17a, 19a, 34a and 46d, but does not rhyme |
| 35% | DHS | 3 | Players who spend most of their time on the bench, briefly |
| 34% | AURILIA | 7 | Ballplayer Rich who started and ended his 15-year career as a Giant |
| 33% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 33% | HIDEO | 5 | ___ Kojima, video director who held the record for the most followers for a videogame director on Instagram and Twitter, as of April 2020 |
| 33% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 32% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 31% | EFS | 3 | Start and end of a faceoff? |
| 31% | SEVENDAYSINMAYO | 15 | Thriller about a US government takeover led by a deviant who spends most of his time sitting in a bath full of dressing? |
| 31% | CREWS | 5 | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Terry who played as a defensive end and linebacker in the NFL in the 90s |
| 31% | ABRA | 4 | Start and end of a magician's cry |
| 31% | ORAL | 4 | Roberts, who started out as a traveling faith healer and ending up founding a university |
| 31% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | QUITEAFEW | 9 | Many ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across |
| 31% | INC | 3 | Abbreviation at the end of many company names, such as Tesla and Zynga |
| 30% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 30% | ELLEN | 5 | Johnson Sirleaf who won a Nobel Peace Prize during her time as the President of Liberia |
| 30% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 30% | STIRFRIES | 9 | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 30% | GODOWNSWINGING | 14 | Fight to the bitter end ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 30% | PRIVATEHOUSES | 13 | Most suburban residences... or, in a military sense, the ends of 17-, 24-, 46- and 55-Across |
| 30% | TYRA | 4 | Emily ___, "Code Black" actress who trained in ballet and started as a dancer at the Boston Ballet |
| 30% | CCV | 3 | Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta, which, as you undoubtedly know, started on a Tuesday |
| 30% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 30% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 30% | ELI | 3 | Brother of 30-Across who was the 2008 and 2012 Super Bowl MVP as a Giants quarterback |