| 100% | FOAL | 4 | It's hard to believe that Big Jake, now weighing about 2600 lbs, started out as this at a mere 240 lbs in 2001 |
| 27% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 24% | MTN | 3 | PepsiCo used these three letters in 2008 to rebrand the soft drink that now offers Pitch Black as a flavor |
| 24% | PIN | 3 | "Let's put a ___ in it for now" ("We'll talk about that later") |
| 24% | WET | 3 | It might be hard to get this in a desert |
| 24% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | It's hard to find in a crowd |
| 24% | INERTGAS | 8 | It's hard to get a reaction out of it |
| 24% | PUTITDOWN | 9 | It's hard to do this to a good book |
| 23% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 23% | NETPOSITIVE | 11 | That it catches fish in big batches rather than one at a time, e.g.? |
| 23% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Tower of straw it's hard to find a needle in |
| 23% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 22% | TALL | 4 | Hard to believe, as a tale |
| 22% | SHACK | 5 | Shake ___: fast casual restaurant chain that started as a hot dog stand in Madison Square Park in 2001 |
| 22% | TALE | 4 | It's hard to believe |
| 22% | YARN | 4 | It's hard to believe |
| 22% | BOLDFACEDLIE | 12 | It's hard to believe |
| 22% | SRO | 3 | Like a show that's hard to get tickets for, in brief |
| 22% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 21% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 21% | TESLAS | 6 | Cars which had a beta software release in April this year, that now allows automatic recognition and stopping at stop signs |
| 21% | PAINSCALE | 9 | It tops out at ten in a doctor's office |
| 21% | DIGITALDIVIDE | 13 | It separates those with access to technology and those without, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 21% | RANCH | 5 | In Buffalo, it's a faux pas to order this with Buffalo wings |
| 21% | STEW | 4 | "There's still plenty of meat on that bone. Now, you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato ... baby, you got a ___ going!": Carl Weathers |
| 21% | BOLT | 4 | Disney movie about a dog that believes it's a superhero |
| 21% | LOOSE | 5 | Like a tooth that's about to fall out |
| 21% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| 21% | SHRINKFLATION | 13 | Term added to Merriam-Webster in 2023 that refers to the practice of reducing a product's size while continuing to offer it at the same price |
| 21% | MIR | 3 | It made a big splash in 2001 |