| 100% | TAKEITEAS | 9 | Herbal beverage company started by a pundit and former "Star Trek" star? (7) |
| 32% | DESILU | 6 | Production company started by Ball and Arnaz |
| 32% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion symbolized by a moon and star |
| 31% | SLAM | 4 | It's symbolized by a star and crescent |
| 31% | SEAN | 4 | ___ John, fashion and lifestyle company started by P. Diddy |
| 31% | ISLAM | 5 | It's symbolized by a crescent moon and star |
| 30% | WORKISTHERUINOF | 15 | Start of a quote by 26- and 32-Down |
| 30% | MYOUTPUTISDOWNBUT | 17 | Start of a comment by 3- and 126-Down |
| 29% | PARAMOUNT | 9 | Television and film company that streams Star Trek |
| 28% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 28% | AGOODNAME | 9 | Start of a quote by Lord Jeffery, 18th-century literary critic and judge |
| 28% | BLUEORIGIN | 10 | Company with a July 2021 launch ... and a feature of the starred clues' answers? |
| 28% | GOODNEWSBADNEWS | 15 | Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across |
| 28% | FRONTOFFICE | 11 | Management department of a company, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 28% | ENR | 3 | NYSE trading symbol for the battery company promoted by a bunny with shades and big bass drum |
| 27% | ETTOCOMEY | 9 | Start of a radio communication between a 1982 film alien and former FBI director James? |
| 27% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 27% | ECHOLOCATION | 12 | Skill shared by bats and dolphins, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 27% | FIRSTSTRING | 11 | Like the starting team, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 27% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 27% | MAKESPOCKSFLY | 13 | Force a physician and a "Star Trek" officer into a plane? |
| 27% | TOERRISHUMAN | 12 | Start of a Pope line about fallibility ... as shown by 19-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across? |
| 27% | FIKA | 4 | Swedish practice of taking a break with a beverage, a snack and good company |
| 27% | PERFORMER | 9 | Contortionist, e.g., and, read syllable by syllable, a hint to the starred answers |
| 27% | WILLOW | 6 | 1988 fantasy directed by Ron Howard, starring Warwick Davis as a farmer and conjurer |
| 27% | HEY | 3 | "___, Soul Sister," 2009 song by rock band Train, and maybe the start of a conversation |
| 26% | ALANHANSEN | 10 | Former Liverpool and Scotland footballer whose credits as a pundit include BBC TV's Match of the Day |
| 26% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | MONSTER | 7 | 2003 crime film starring Charlize Theron, or a 2020 song by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber |
| 26% | ORALB | 5 | Company founded by a periodontist |