| 100% | STUS | 4 | Margolin and Whitman, to their buds |
| 39% | ODES | 4 | García Lorca wrote them to Whitman and Dalí |
| 38% | LORAN | 5 | Radio navigation system to determine their position and speed |
| 38% | BACKPACK | 8 | Students wear it to hold their books and supplies |
| 38% | ELOPE | 5 | People lose their head and run off to Gretna Green |
| 37% | DEP | 3 | According to their website this is "developed for active lifestyles" and will deliver "effortless control" |
| 37% | ENS | 3 | The teacher told everyone to take out their p___ and pencils |
| 37% | COLLYER | 7 | Host Bud of To Tell the Truth and Beat the Clock |
| 37% | FALINE | 6 | Bambi's mate and mother to their twin fawns |
| 36% | WEIMAR | 6 | Home to Planck, Einstein and Heisenberg when they won their Nobel Prizes |
| 36% | HARD | 4 | Wordle setting that forces players to reuse their green and yellow letters |
| 36% | NIXON | 5 | He placed a call to Armstrong and Aldrin minutes after their landing |
| 35% | MUSIC | 5 | Heelwork to ___, sport where contestants and their handlers perform trained routines to song |
| 35% | FIGLEAF | 7 | Plant part that Adam and Eve used to preserve their modesty: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SIBLINGS | 8 | "Do you have any ___?" question to ask someone about their family and friends |
| 35% | REIGNINGMONARCHS | 16 | Kings and queens bringing their steeds to a halt? |
| 35% | LEFTOUT | 7 | Excluded, and what 18-, 22-, 38-, and 56-Across need to match their clues? |
| 35% | ADDAMS | 6 | Morticia ___, mom to Wednesday and Pugsley on the TV series named after their family |
| 35% | EVENSOUT | 8 | Balances, or, phonetically, how to make 18-, 32-, and 39-Across match their clues? |
| 34% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 34% | SUPERSONICS | 11 | Seattle NBA team that moved to Oklahoma City and changed their name to the Thunder |
| 34% | VENN | 4 | John —, British mathematician who conceived a diagram using circles to represent sets and their relationships |
| 33% | SONS | 4 | "Bridgerton" brothers Anthony and Colin, to their father |
| 33% | CUTRATE | 7 | Cheap, and what you must do to five Across answers to make them match their clues |
| 33% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 33% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 33% | JONAS | 5 | Former Disney actors Joe, Kevin, and Nick who shot to fame with their titular TV series |
| 33% | LADYBUGS | 8 | Insects known for their distinctive spots ... or a hint to 15-, 23-, 36-, and 48-Across |
| 33% | RHYMING | 7 | Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues |
| 33% | VENN | 4 | John —, British mathematician who conceived a diagram that used circles to represent sets and their relationships |