| 100% | REVOLVER | 8 | HOW: WITH THE ___ |
| 86% | WAYS | 4 | How, with "the" |
| 81% | MACY | 4 | Gray with the 3x platinum album "On How Life Is" |
| 81% | ARIA | 4 | Resort hotel with the slogan "This is how we Vegas" |
| 80% | ROPES | 5 | How things work, with the |
| 80% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With the slightest provocation, and how four answers in this puzzle make sense |
| 78% | TEAM | 4 | Lorde song with the lyric “We sure know how to run things” |
| 78% | GEMS | 4 | Uncut ___ (Adam Sandler movie with the line "This is how I win") |
| 76% | ALLIN | 5 | With 35- and 37-Across, how to answer the starred clues |
| 75% | EXPERT | 6 | One with the know-how |
| 74% | NONE | 4 | How many countries start with the letter "W" |
| 74% | UREMINDME | 9 | No. 1 Usher song with the line “Wish I knew how to separate the two” |
| 73% | GREENEYES | 9 | 52-Across song with the lyric "You gotta trust how you feel inside" (2 wds.) |
| 73% | WINDOW | 6 | "Gone with the ___," how a classic film fan might name their drapes and curtains store |
| 73% | EXTRACT | 7 | With 4-Down, how to make the seven starred clues match their answers? |
| 73% | OUTMUSCLED | 10 | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| 72% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 72% | DONTSTARTNOW | 12 | Dua Lipa single on "Future Nostalgia" with the lyrics "Walk away, you know how" (3 wds.) |
| 72% | MARJORIE | 8 | Hit single from 52-Across with the lyrics "I should've asked you how to be" |
| 72% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 72% | ITOO | 4 | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / and be ashamed-" |
| 72% | ITSJUST | 7 | With 96- and 105-Across, how 122-Across explained the subject of this puzzle |
| 71% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | High-stakes gamble, and how the answers with circles can be read |
| 71% | KEEPDRIVING | 11 | Single on 37-Across with the lyric "A small concern with how the engine sounds" (2 wds.) |
| 70% | OPTICS | 6 | How it looks, with "the" |
| 69% | STILLDRE | 8 | 1999 hit with the lyrics “They say rap’s changed / They wanna know how I feel about it” |
| 69% | OMOO | 4 | Book with the chapter "How They Dress in Tahiti" |
| 69% | REBA | 4 | Country singer McEntire with the 1984 hit "How Blue" |
| 68% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 67% | FLOW | 4 | Go with the_____ |