| 100% | BLEND | 5 | Mix together, as smoothie ingredients... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 68% | AMEND | 5 | Modify, as the Constitution... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 67% | MEND | 4 | Fix, as a fence... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 59% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 59% | PRETEND | 7 | Put on an act... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 58% | SPEND | 5 | Go on a shopping spree... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 46% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 44% | DETAIL | 6 | "Attention to ___," complete the phrase with a word that ends in "ail" |
| 43% | ENTAIL | 6 | Consist of, as a plan that ends in "ail" |
| 42% | SESSION | 7 | Meeting, as with a therapist ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 41% | TEE | 3 | End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43- and 54-Across - as well as every clue (and that's a fact!) |
| 41% | DIMINUTIVE | 10 | Word that might end in -ie or -ling |
| 40% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 40% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 40% | STAT | 4 | A number in sports, or a word used by doctors that means "right now!" |
| 40% | STIR | 4 | Mix ingredients together in a bowl |
| 38% | SOIL | 4 | Word that means “dirt” as a noun or “to dirty” as a verb |
| 38% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 38% | VON | 3 | Word that precedes Bismarck in a German surname or Trapp in an Austrian surname |
| 38% | LINKINGVERB | 11 | Word such as "be" ... or a punny description of the seven-letter word that can create new action words when its letters are inserted in the breaks of the circled action words |
| 38% | PLURAL | 6 | Word that ends in S, often |
| 38% | PLURALS | 7 | Words that end in "s," usually |
| 38% | MANGO | 5 | Tropical smoothie ingredient that may be used as flavoring for a yellow popsicle |
| 37% | HOLM | 4 | German word that refers to an island in a river or a lake |
| 37% | HOP | 3 | Skip or jump...or word that precedes skip and jump, in a phrase |
| 37% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 37% | THREADS | 7 | Plot parts that might tie together in the end |
| 37% | YOGURT | 6 | Froyo ingredient that may be found in a smoothie |
| 37% | PUTONTHEDOG | 11 | Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang ... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues |
| 37% | SYNONYM | 7 | Word that shares a similar meaning to another one, as you would find in a thesaurus |