| 100% | SEANCES | 7 | Meetings that aim to communicate with spirits |
| 53% | SEANCE | 6 | Occasion to communicate with spirits |
| 53% | SEANCE | 6 | Meet-up to communicate with spirits |
| 39% | PARABLE | 7 | Story that aims to teach |
| 39% | RACE | 4 | Competition where you aim to finish first and a word that goes with 36a, 53a, 4d, 15d, and 39d |
| 39% | ORACLE | 6 | Priestess thought to communicate with deities |
| 39% | TEASER | 6 | Advertisement that aims to entice viewers |
| 38% | OUIJA | 5 | Board game that supposedly communicates with the spirit world |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Org. that aims to acquire assets abroad |
| 38% | PEACESUMMIT | 11 | Gathering that aims to alleviate geopolitical tensions |
| 37% | SPIRITPHONE | 11 | Failed device meant to communicate with the dead |
| 37% | PSAS | 4 | Ads that aim to raise awareness, in brief |
| 37% | ACL | 3 | Part of HHS created in 2012 that aims to "maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults and people with disabilities" among others (abbr.) |
| 37% | FIRSTDATE | 9 | Meeting that's likely to be awkward |
| 36% | NOTON | 5 | ___ speaking terms (unwilling to communicate with each other): 2 wds. |
| 36% | SIGN | 4 | ___ language (one way to communicate with an hearing-impaired person) |
| 35% | GINS | 4 | Spirits that go with tonic |
| 35% | APE | 3 | Animal such as Koko, who learned to communicate with people by signing |
| 35% | STORMSIGNALS | 12 | When one of the X-Men needs to communicate with the pitcher, __ |
| 35% | INBOXZERO | 9 | Email management approach that aims to have no unread emails: 2 wds. |
| 34% | INSOFAR | 7 | To the extent that, with "as" |
| 34% | INSOFAR | 7 | To the degree that, with "as" |
| 34% | ELECTORATE | 10 | Those with the right to vote |
| 34% | BADOMEN | 7 | 13, to those with triskaidekaphobia |
| 34% | MAUMAU | 6 | — Uprising, nationalist insurgency in Kenya during the 1950s that aimed to overthrow British rule |
| 33% | ETCH | 4 | To engrave with a technique that uses acid |
| 33% | SUGAR | 5 | With 44d, sweetener that is added to coffee |
| 33% | PENAL | 5 | With 32-Down, things that send people to jail |
| 33% | BAD | 3 | With 38-Across, hex that's hard to shake |
| 32% | WEARISOME | 9 | Trying to improve worse aim with energy |