| 100% | QUEERBAIT | 9 | Hint at an LGBTQ relationship as a marketing ploy |
| 41% | TIEDIN | 6 | Connected to as a marketing ploy (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BEVELS | 6 | Cuts at an angle, as a mirror |
| 34% | SAC | 3 | It counts as a plate appearance but not as an at-bat, briefly |
| 33% | ABOUTLASTNIGHT | 14 | 1986 rom-com starring Rob Lowe as a twentysomething inexperienced at relationships: 3 wds. |
| 32% | HOCK | 4 | Use an item as collateral for a loan at a pawnshop |
| 32% | DANCEAROUND | 11 | Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint to the puzzle's circles |
| 32% | GIMMICK | 7 | Many a marketing ploy |
| 31% | DROP | 4 | Go south, as a market |
| 31% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Food product once marketed as an option for people with a “fear of frying” |
| 30% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Peter Parker or Miles Morales, or, as an imperative, a hint to the circled letters |
| 30% | KICKSTARTS | 10 | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 30% | UBERIZE | 7 | Transform using mobile technology, as a market |
| 29% | ONAGAINOFFAGAIN | 15 | Intermittent, as a relationship |
| 29% | COZY | 4 | Close, as a relationship |
| 29% | TOXIC | 5 | Destructive, as a relationship |
| 29% | MESSY | 5 | Complicated, as a relationship |
| 29% | TOXIC | 5 | Unhealthy, as a relationship |
| 29% | CEMENTS | 7 | Strengthens, as a relationship |
| 29% | FORGE | 5 | Build, as a relationship |
| 29% | ALLUDE | 6 | Hint at, make an indirect reference to |
| 29% | GETWEIRD | 8 | Turn awkward, as a relationship |
| 29% | END | 3 | Call off, as a relationship |
| 29% | SEVER | 5 | Cut off, as a relationship |
| 29% | REKINDLE | 8 | Start again, as a relationship |
| 29% | PLATONIC | 8 | Romance-free, as a relationship |
| 29% | ENDED | 5 | Broke off, as a relationship |
| 29% | END | 3 | Break off, as a relationship |
| 29% | TOXIC | 5 | Not healthy, as a relationship |
| 29% | FETISH | 6 | Purchase at an African market |