| 100% | NERDY | 5 | Like someone who reads the dictionary for fun, say |
| 48% | NOSY | 4 | Like someone who's angling for all the juicy details |
| 44% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | PROACTIVE | 9 | Like someone who takes the initiative |
| 40% | PSYCHIC | 7 | Someone who reads minds or sees the future |
| 40% | SMUG | 4 | Like someone who says "I told you so!" |
| 40% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone who says, “I have a code”? |
| 40% | ARO | 3 | Like someone who doesn’t get crushes, for short |
| 40% | TALL | 4 | Like someone who can reach the top shelf, perhaps |
| 39% | WONKY | 5 | Like someone who's really into policy or economics, say |
| 39% | TALL | 4 | Like someone who can reach things on the top shelf |
| 39% | COSMONAUT | 9 | Someone like Yelena Serova, say, whose old job title was derived from the Greek words for "universe" and "sailor" |
| 39% | PIANIST | 7 | Someone who plays the piano for a living |
| 39% | AROACE | 6 | Like someone who experiences neither romantic nor sexual attraction, for short |
| 39% | KILLJOY | 7 | Someone who deliberately spoils fun for others |
| 38% | SHY | 3 | Like someone who's unlikely to be the life of the party |
| 38% | AGILER | 6 | Like someone who can trip the light fantastic, when compared to me |
| 38% | KILLJOY | 7 | Someone who doesn't like fun; a spoilsport |
| 38% | PLASTERER | 9 | Someone who smooths the walls ready for painting |
| 38% | PARANOID | 8 | Like someone who thinks "they" are watching you read this clue right now |
| 38% | AROACE | 6 | Like someone who feels little to no romantic or sexual attraction, for short |
| 38% | AROACE | 6 | Like someone who experiences little to no sexual and romantic attraction, for short |
| 38% | YODA | 4 | Someone who speaks like the quote in 25-Across |
| 38% | SNOB | 4 | Someone who considers themselves too good for the room |
| 37% | PRUNE | 5 | Someone who sits in the bath for too long, jocularly |
| 37% | BROKENRECORD | 12 | Someone who says the same thing again and again, metaphorically |
| 37% | AGELESS | 7 | Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | FAVOR | 5 | Someone who says "Do me a solid!" is asking for one |
| 36% | BATBOY | 6 | Someone who carries baseball bats for the team |
| 36% | EXTREMELYONLINE | 15 | Like someone who spends too much time on the internet, and like this puzzle's circled letters? |