| 100% | SCENIC | 6 | Like the longer route, maybe |
| 78% | SCENIC | 6 | Like the long route, perhaps |
| 56% | BOUNDING | 8 | Like the main, maybe |
| 56% | MAINSTREAM | 10 | Like the press, maybe |
| 55% | REBORN | 6 | Like the newly evangelical, maybe |
| 53% | COY | 3 | Like the comment "Maybe, maybe not" |
| 53% | RENTFREE | 8 | Like the superintendent's apartment, maybe |
| 53% | SLIM | 4 | Like the chances of long shots |
| 53% | ASKEW | 5 | Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe |
| 52% | SUREST | 6 | Like the risk to bet on, maybe |
| 52% | FOGGY | 5 | Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe |
| 51% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the DVD version of a movie, maybe |
| 51% | IVIED | 5 | Like the walls of an old church, maybe |
| 51% | TENSE | 5 | Like the atmosphere after an awkward joke, maybe |
| 51% | MISPELLED | 9 | Like the six longest answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | MAYAN | 5 | Like the inhabitants of Chichen Itza, long ago |
| 51% | MAYAN | 5 | Like the calendar known for its Long Count |
| 51% | DETOUR | 6 | Take the long way home, maybe |
| 50% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___ (bird with the longest migration route) |
| 49% | LEADEN | 6 | Like the feeling of one's legs after a marathon, maybe |
| 48% | HIDDEN | 6 | Like the identified car models inside this puzzle's long answers |
| 48% | 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% | 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% | ANTSY | 5 | Like a toddler on a long car ride, maybe |
| 46% | OVERSET | 7 | Like text that's too long for the layout |
| 46% | ASLEEP | 6 | Like one’s arm after a long cuddle session, maybe |
| 45% | KNEELING | 8 | Like one popping the question, maybe |
| 44% | SORE | 4 | Like legs after a long hike, maybe |