| 100% | HAZY | 4 | Like some weather, memories and I.P.A.s |
| 50% | FOND | 4 | Like some memories and farewells |
| 50% | FUZZY | 5 | Like some slippers and memories |
| 50% | LONG | 4 | Like some vowels and memories |
| 50% | FADED | 5 | Like some jeans and memories |
| 49% | EDGETOOLS | 9 | "I'd like a lawn mower and maybe some ... " |
| 49% | HARSH | 5 | Like some criticism and winter weather |
| 48% | SIMMERING | 9 | Like some feuds and foods on a stove |
| 48% | REFRESHED | 9 | Like some web pages and memories |
| 47% | TRUE | 4 | Like some statements in a Knights and Knaves puzzle |
| 45% | SMARMIER | 8 | Like a snake oil salesman, and then some |
| 44% | HOPPY | 5 | Like I.P.A.s |
| 43% | HIGH | 4 | Like some seas and C's |
| 43% | GROUNDHOWLING | 13 | "I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ..." |
| 43% | POPUP | 5 | Like some toasters and children's books |
| 43% | RETD | 4 | Like some I.R.A. owners: Abbr. |
| 43% | RESOLED | 7 | Like some shoes at a cobbler's |
| 42% | ROLLED | 6 | Like some R's and oats |
| 42% | ONEEYED | 7 | Like a cyclops or some of the Minions in "Despicable Me": Hyph. |
| 42% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 42% | SOUL | 4 | I'm a music genre with artists like Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin |
| 42% | PUNK | 4 | I'm a music genre with bands like Green Day and The Ramones |
| 42% | DISCO | 5 | I'm a music genre with singers like Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor |
| 42% | EDM | 3 | I'm a music genre with artists like David Guetta and Tiesto: Abbr. |
| 41% | NEHI | 4 | Soda brand that sounds like a descriptor for some boots and socks |
| 41% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 40% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 40% | HOPPY | 5 | Like a strong I.P.A. |
| 40% | SEVERE | 6 | Intense, like some weather |
| 40% | RAW | 3 | Like weather that's cold and blustery |