| 100% | ONI | 3 | Japanese troll usually portrayed with a horn (or more) growing out of its head and an iron kanabo club |
| 27% | GRIFFINS | 8 | Creatures with body of a lion and head of an eagle |
| 27% | LOGO | 4 | An apple with a bite out of it, for one |
| 27% | OINK | 4 | It comes out of a pen, either with or without its first letter |
| 26% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon |
| 25% | TERIYAKI | 8 | In Japanese cookery, a dish of meat basted with soy sauce and rice wine and broiled over an open fire |
| 25% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 25% | PORTRAIT | 8 | Head and shoulders painting or drawing of a person |
| 24% | SKYDIVING | 9 | Jumping out of an aircraft with a parachute |
| 24% | SCREW | 5 | Small hardware item with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| 24% | SNIPE | 5 | Bird with a bill much longer than its head |
| 24% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 24% | DYNAMO | 6 | Person with a ton of energy, or an electrical generator |
| 24% | PEEL | 4 | Outer layer of an apple or a banana |
| 24% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | "They'll grow out of that" … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle |
| 24% | SCREW | 5 | Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| 24% | UNICORN | 7 | A magical horse with a horn on its head |
| 24% | LASTONESTANDING | 15 | Survivor of an all-out brawl ... or a hint to 23-, 38-, 64- and 87-Across |
| 23% | PEZ | 3 | Candy that comes out of a dispenser with a flip-top head |
| 23% | CURLY | 5 | Stooge with a shaved head, brother of 15-Across and 9-Down |
| 23% | INSECT | 6 | An invertebrate with six legs and a pair of wings |
| 23% | HALO | 4 | A ring of light, usually found above an Angel's head |
| 23% | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | 15 | Result of hanging out more and more with Nicki? |
| 23% | TOE | 3 | Tip of a golf club, with an anatomical name |
| 23% | MINUET | 6 | It's done in the form of an S or a Z |
| 23% | GOLDWEDDINGO | 12 | It may be engraved with two sets of initials and a date |
| 23% | TINDER | 6 | App with an illustration of a flame in its logo |
| 23% | BEER | 4 | Source of a buzz … with or without its last letter? |
| 23% | STAMEN | 6 | The male organ of a flower, usually with an anther |
| 23% | STAMEN | 6 | Male part of a flower with an anther and stalk |