100% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the words "literally" and "ironic," often |
68% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "ironic" in place of "unfortunate," often |
64% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word "its," often |
64% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the word “lay,” often |
63% | REGIONAL | 8 | Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner" |
63% | RHYMELESS | 9 | Like the words orange, wolf and ninth |
53% | RHYMES | 6 | Words that end with the same sounds, like "moan" and "groan" |
52% | SAW | 3 | Wise old saying ... like the first words of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
51% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
51% | WELSH | 5 | Like the word "cwm" |
50% | PEEVES | 6 | Overuse of the word "like," and others |
50% | ARAMAIC | 7 | Like the words of Jesus |
50% | SACRED | 6 | Like the word of God |
50% | ARABIC | 6 | Like the word 16-Across |
50% | CZECH | 5 | Like the word robot, etymologically |
50% | ADFREE | 6 | Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? |
50% | SPANISH | 7 | Like the words in un diccionario |
49% | IMPROPERLYSPELLED | 17 | Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study |
49% | GENITIVE | 8 | Like the word "curiae" in "amicus curiae" |
49% | COINED | 6 | Like the word "truthiness," by Stephen Colbert |
48% | CUSS | 4 | Four-letter word literally and figuratively |
48% | HOPONPOP | 8 | Book with the line "My father can read big words, too. / Like Constantinople and Timbuktu" |
48% | INTHEMAIL | 9 | Like the check, often |
47% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
47% | STARTUPBUSINESS | 15 | Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do |
47% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
47% | RETOLD | 6 | Like the Christmas story, often |
47% | AGED | 4 | Like the expensive stuff, often |
47% | ENVIED | 6 | Like the rich and beautiful |
47% | PITIED | 6 | Like the down and out |