| 100% | PRESTO | 6 | Magician's word, similar to "Lo and behold!" |
| 66% | PRESTO | 6 | Magician's word similar to "Ta-da!" |
| 56% | WOOF | 4 | Word similar to "arf" and "bow-wow" |
| 53% | ICK | 3 | Word that's similar to "Yuck!" and "Ugh!" |
| 46% | LESS | 4 | Word similar to "fewer" |
| 46% | YALL | 4 | Word similar to yinz |
| 46% | FEWER | 5 | Word similar to "less" |
| 45% | ISAY | 4 | Words similar to 47-Across |
| 45% | ARF | 3 | Dog's sound similar to "woof" and "ruff" |
| 44% | OOF | 3 | Word similar to "Ouch!" hidden in "poof" |
| 43% | ISOTONIC | 8 | Word applied to sports drinks that have similar concentrations of salt and sugar as the human body |
| 42% | ARF | 3 | Sound that's similar to "ruff" and "woof" |
| 42% | CIAO | 4 | Italian word similar to the French "salut" |
| 42% | JAM | 3 | It's similar to jelly and marmalade |
| 41% | SORTA | 5 | Word that's similar to "kinda" |
| 41% | ADIEU | 5 | Word similar in meaning to "au revoir" |
| 40% | ODES | 4 | Lucille Clifton's "homage to my hips" and similar poems |
| 40% | SPLITINFINITIVE | 15 | Grammarian's gripe, and a hint to the circled words |
| 40% | TEAL | 4 | Color that's similar to aqua and turquoise |
| 40% | PRESTOCHANGEO | 13 | Magician's phrase ... or a hint to part of 18-, 25-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 39% | POOF | 4 | Magician's "And it's gone!" word |
| 39% | UGH | 3 | Exclamation similar to "Ick!" and "Eww!" |
| 39% | ARF | 3 | Sound similar to "woof" and "ruff" |
| 39% | YUM | 3 | Similar word to 35-Across |
| 38% | TERSE | 5 | Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words" |
| 38% | LIKE | 4 | Verbal crutch similar to "I mean" and "Uh" |
| 38% | HOHOS | 5 | Snack cakes similar to Swiss Rolls and Yodels |
| 38% | MALLOMARS | 9 | Chocolate cookies that taste similar to s'mores |
| 38% | LOCATE | 6 | Behold feline and point to find |
| 38% | ZITI | 4 | Pasta similar to penne and rigatoni |