| 100% | GARBLEDPHRASES | 14 | How would you describe both seraphs and unintelligible talk? |
| 35% | DOMINANTGENE | 12 | "How would you describe my character in Young Frankenstein, Teri?" |
| 31% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 29% | MADAM | 5 | Mary Stewart's "_____, Will You Talk?" |
| 28% | PEOPLE | 6 | You and me both! |
| 27% | CREAMFILLED | 11 | What describes both screams and napoleons? |
| 27% | ONETO | 5 | "On a scale of ___ ten, how would you rate this dessert?": 2 wds. |
| 26% | RADIANT | 7 | How pregnant women and brides are often described |
| 26% | SOLEMNLY | 8 | How you would swear in a court of law |
| 26% | FAR | 3 | "How ___ would you go for love?" |
| 26% | ALFREDO | 7 | What would you call a fettuccine dish made with parmesan and butter? |
| 25% | ONADARE | 7 | How you might find yourself doing something dumb and risky |
| 25% | MENU | 4 | Where you would find meals, drinks, and desserts? |
| 25% | JAW | 3 | *It moves up and down when you talk |
| 25% | AREWEOK | 7 | “Hey ... do you and I need to talk?” |
| 25% | BSIDES | 6 | Queen's "We Will Rock You" and others |
| 25% | BOGEYMAN | 8 | He will come and get you if you misbehave |
| 25% | DNA | 3 | Hereditary molecule behind who and how you are: Abbr. |
| 25% | BRAG | 4 | Talk about how much you make, maybe |
| 25% | SALISBURY | 9 | What would you call a steak made from ground beef and served with gravy? |
| 24% | ASIDE | 5 | "Step ___ and let me show you how it's done" |
| 24% | LOMAN | 5 | Willy who advised “Be liked and you will never want” |
| 24% | OFUS | 4 | Both __ (you and me) |
| 24% | AVAST | 5 | How you might tell someone to stop on Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 24% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 24% | RITAORA | 7 | Singer of How We Do (Party) and Let You Love Me |
| 24% | CYNIC | 5 | “Scratch any ___ and you will find a disappointed idealist”: George Carlin |
| 24% | ADEAR | 5 | "Would you be ___ and help me?" |
| 23% | APTLY | 5 | How Vin Diesel was cast in "The Fast and the Furious," you might say |
| 23% | TIE | 3 | You might use the rabbit and the fox to remember how to wear it |