| 100% | SCENIC | 6 | Like the long route, perhaps |
| 78% | SCENIC | 6 | Like the longer route, maybe |
| 55% | BRAINIEST | 9 | Like the class valedictorian, perhaps |
| 55% | POSH | 4 | Like the presidential suite, perhaps |
| 55% | SAFEST | 6 | Like the best bonds, perhaps |
| 53% | SLIM | 4 | Like the chances of long shots |
| 52% | OEDIPAL | 7 | Like the desire to commit patricide, perhaps |
| 51% | MAYAN | 5 | Like the inhabitants of Chichen Itza, long ago |
| 51% | MAYAN | 5 | Like the calendar known for its Long Count |
| 51% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | NICEST | 6 | Like the top names on Santa's list, perhaps |
| 50% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___ (bird with the longest migration route) |
| 50% | OLD | 3 | Like the clothes at the back of a closet, perhaps |
| 49% | WEE | 3 | Like the hours when a night owl is awake, perhaps |
| 49% | SELFMADE | 8 | Like the hero of a rags-to-riches story, perhaps |
| 49% | HIDDEN | 6 | Like the identified car models inside this puzzle's long answers |
| 49% | PROBOSCIS | 9 | The long mouth of an animal like a snout or trunk |
| 48% | BEARINGARMS | 11 | Ready for battle, like the other long Across answers? |
| 48% | MOLDY | 5 | Long past the "use by" date, perhaps |
| 48% | NOTFITFORTHEJOB | 15 | Like the start of four long answers, vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 47% | BURNT | 5 | Like toast left too long in the toaster |
| 46% | UNSAID | 6 | Like words to the one who got away, perhaps |
| 46% | OVERSET | 7 | Like text that's too long for the layout |
| 45% | SAIDYES | 7 | Made someone feel like the luckiest person in the whole darn world, perhaps |
| 45% | ASKEW | 5 | Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe |
| 44% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after a long workout, perhaps |
| 44% | STALE | 5 | Like bread in the sale bin, perhaps |
| 43% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___, a bird that has the longest migration route of any animal in the world |
| 43% | TRADED | 6 | No longer on the team, perhaps |
| 43% | EATEN | 5 | No longer on the table, perhaps? |