| 100% | MIRACLE | 7 | Marvel or wonder, can't be explained with logic |
| 39% | TOSS | 4 | Can be done with a coin or a salad |
| 38% | AND | 3 | It could be indicated with "+" or "&" |
| 37% | BEDS | 4 | They could be covered with quilts or comforters |
| 36% | ACNE | 4 | What can be treated with Oxy or Clean & Clear |
| 36% | BIOFUEL | 7 | It can be made with sugar cane or corn |
| 36% | DATES | 5 | They can be written with slashes, dashes, or periods |
| 36% | MIRACLE | 7 | Surprising and welcome event; can't be explained |
| 36% | AREACODE | 8 | Number that can't be 420 or 666 |
| 35% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 35% | DOWNTOASCIENCE | 14 | Implementable with expertise and expert ease … or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? |
| 35% | UFO | 3 | Thing in the sky that can't be explained: Abbr. |
| 35% | COLORING | 8 | Activity that can be done with crayons or markers |
| 35% | SACREDCOW | 9 | Concept that can't be criticized or questioned, metaphorically |
| 35% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 34% | DOPE | 4 | Word that can be synonymous with "idiot" or "inside info" |
| 34% | AXE | 3 | Weapon that can be spelled with two or three letters |
| 34% | PIE | 3 | Dessert that could be filled with rhubarb or sweet potato |
| 34% | INDELIBLE | 9 | Describes ink that can't be removed or altered |
| 34% | ITSYOU | 6 | Song from "The Music Man" with the lyric "What words could be saner or truer or plainer" |
| 34% | AREACODES | 9 | Three-digit numbers that can’t begin with zero or one |
| 34% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |
| 33% | BARRY | 5 | ___ Can’t Swim (artist with the 2023 album “When Will We Land?”) |
| 33% | BLADDER | 7 | Membranous sac that can be filled with air or gas |
| 33% | MAST | 4 | Sail support that can be prefixed with "fore" or "mizzen" |
| 33% | GAP | 3 | Dental problem that could be fixed with bonding or veneers |
| 33% | YAK | 3 | Cattle, when crossed with this animal, can produce dzo which are infertile males or fertile females known as dzomo |
| 33% | MANCALA | 7 | Board game that can be played with cowry shells or stones |
| 32% | SATIABLE | 8 | Can be satisfied or appeased |
| 32% | PALPABLE | 8 | Can be touched or felt |