| 100% | PIANO | 5 | Instrument described by Will Hunting as “a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood” |
| 36% | FRESHAIR | 8 | Something new and different might be described as a breath of it |
| 35% | KATY | 4 | Perry whose 2024 song “Woman’s World” was described by The Cut as a “stale retread of bubblegum feminism” |
| 35% | CASTANETS | 9 | Pair of curved pieces of hollow wood used by Spanish dancers as a musical instrument |
| 31% | CATS | 4 | 2019 box office bomb described by Rotten Tomatoes as a "clawful mistake" |
| 31% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter used as a symbol of viscosity by chemists and physicists |
| 31% | ROY | 3 | British singer Wood who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO |
| 31% | FILLINGUPWITHGAS | 16 | Pre-road trip detail ... and a hint to what certain parts of three long answers were doing as you solved them |
| 31% | IVANKA | 6 | Trump whose 2017 book was described by NPR as “a sea of blandities” |
| 30% | COQUETTE | 8 | Aesthetic described by Vogue as a "campy version of femininity" |
| 30% | RANT | 4 | Post that might be described as a “wall of text” |
| 30% | DOUBLE | 6 | "A ___ Barrelled Detective Story," short story by Mark Twain that was written as a parody of Sherlock Holmes |
| 29% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that may be read on a calculator by typing 3080 and turning it upside down |
| 29% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 29% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 29% | CHANGEHANDS | 11 | Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 29% | THEMONTHOFMARCH | 15 | Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) |
| 29% | SLOG | 4 | A three-hour movie might be described as one |
| 28% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton character who is described as a “ruin of a man” after surviving a crash |
| 28% | AHAB | 4 | Literary character described as "a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans" |
| 28% | ROD | 3 | ___ Stewart, one of only three artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band |
| 28% | BUFFALOGIRLS | 12 | Fictionalized biography of Calamity Jane by 32-Across that was adapted as a TV miniseries (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BOB | 3 | I am known as a Rastafari icon and I also earned Jamaica's Order of Merit award |
| 28% | ACROBAT | 7 | Performer on a wire, as described by 16-, 26-, 43- and 55-Across |
| 28% | ACRE | 4 | House comes with three quarters of an ____ and is situated near a river. |
| 28% | RIO | 3 | Harbor of ___ de Janeiro, iconic location that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 28% | MAPLE | 5 | Tree that is known for its fall foliage and as a source of a syrup enjoyed with pancakes |
| 28% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 28% | ISLANDHOP | 9 | Hit a bunch of keys? |
| 28% | SELFIES | 7 | Photos described as a "ubiquitous symbol of millennial navel-gazing" by The New Yorker |