| 100% | TUBULAR | 7 | Long, circular and hollow like a hose |
| 51% | SNAKY | 5 | Like a long and winding road |
| 50% | EMO | 3 | Like a style with eyeliner and long bangs |
| 47% | ROPY | 4 | Long and fibrous, like a vine |
| 43% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck and circular body |
| 43% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck and circular body |
| 42% | URCHIN | 6 | A sea __ is circular and covered in long spines |
| 41% | UNCOIL | 6 | Straighten out like a hose |
| 41% | YOUSEE | 6 | "It's like this," and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers |
| 41% | RAILROADED | 10 | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| 41% | ORATORICAL | 10 | Like a long speech |
| 40% | MUSTY | 5 | Like a long-closed room |
| 40% | APART | 5 | Like a long-distance couple |
| 40% | GAR | 3 | Fish with a long jaw and a needle like nose |
| 39% | GOT | 3 | "America's ___ Talent," a long running talent show featuring the likes of Nick Cannon and Sharon Osbourne |
| 39% | SLIM | 4 | Like a long shot's chances |
| 39% | TIRING | 6 | Like a long day at work |
| 39% | METEORIC | 8 | Like a swift and spectacular success |
| 39% | TESTED | 6 | Like a Car and Driver car |
| 39% | WISE | 4 | Like a learned and sage fellow |
| 39% | SNIDE | 5 | Like a snarky and disparaging remark |
| 39% | DEVILMAYCARE | 12 | Like a cheerful and reckless attitude |
| 39% | COMFY | 5 | Like a soft and inviting blanket |
| 39% | SOLID | 5 | Like a block that's not hollow |
| 39% | HARD | 4 | Like a rock and many a roll |
| 38% | WARM | 4 | Like a sunny and pleasant day, often |
| 38% | NUMB | 4 | Like a foot with pins and needles |
| 38% | TWOTONE | 7 | Like a blue and red electoral map |
| 38% | RELATED | 7 | Like a person and their "23andMe" matches |
| 38% | AWOKEN | 6 | Like a body no longer at rest? |