| 100% | PUNT | 4 | Many a fourth-and-long call |
| 61% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | Small creature with a long thin body and many legs |
| 60% | MOTMOT | 6 | Long-tailed tropical American bird with blue-green plumage and a repetitive call |
| 59% | PUNT | 4 | Many a fourth-down play |
| 58% | PUNT | 4 | Many a fourth-down football play |
| 56% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 55% | COW | 3 | Many a seal and elephant |
| 55% | TOY | 3 | Many a truck and train |
| 55% | ARENA | 5 | Many a venue called ''Center'' |
| 54% | WAITING | 7 | 2005 comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long, set in a restaurant called Shenaniganz |
| 54% | DAGGER | 6 | A sharp and long pointed knife |
| 54% | TEEN | 4 | Many a "Freaks and Geeks" character |
| 54% | OPERETTA | 8 | Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work |
| 54% | LIGHTOPERA | 10 | Many a Gilbert and Sullivan work |
| 54% | DIVINEJUSTICE | 13 | Fourth novel in a series featuring Oliver Stone and his group of political watchdogs called the Camel Club (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ARAB | 4 | Many a native of Iraq and Jordan |
| 52% | SPAM | 4 | Many a phone call from a mysterious number |
| 52% | ONE | 3 | Start of a long distance call |
| 52% | REMOTE | 6 | Like many on a Zoom call |
| 52% | INN | 3 | What many a motel is called |
| 52% | ETCETERA | 8 | And more, for long |
| 52% | NIXON | 5 | He once placed a "long-distance call" to Aldrin and Armstrong |
| 51% | JAZZDUET | 8 | Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 51% | TUE | 3 | End of many a long race: Abbr. |
| 51% | ETAL | 4 | And more, in a list |
| 50% | SPAM | 4 | Many a call from a number with your area code |
| 50% | LONG | 4 | Fourth and ____ (football situation that usually results in a punt) |
| 50% | AND | 3 | First word of many a horse race call |
| 50% | SSHAPED | 7 | Like many a chute in Chutes and Ladders |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | Start of a long-distance call |