| 100% | UNDERWATER | 10 | Mortgaged to the hilt and then some ... and where it's at |
| 51% | AFTERHOURS | 10 | Subsequent to the normal closing time ... and where it's at |
| 44% | ABOVEBOARD | 10 | On the up and up ... and where it's at |
| 43% | RIGA | 4 | World capital where it's illegal to display the Soviet hammer and sickle |
| 41% | OVERTHETOP | 10 | More than flamboyant ... and where it's at |
| 41% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | Ahead of time ... and where it's at |
| 41% | BELOWDECKS | 10 | In a ship's hull ... and where it's at |
| 41% | EMOTE | 5 | Play to the back row and then some |
| 40% | GROUNDHOWLING | 13 | "I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ..." |
| 39% | MESA | 4 | It's a butte and then some |
| 39% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 39% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 38% | ACROSS | 6 | It's at the top of some columns |
| 38% | XII | 3 | It's at the top of some clocks |
| 38% | MANON | 5 | Massenet's comic opera, first performed in Paris in 1884, where the person in the title role falls to the ground and dies at the end |
| 38% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | "Wheelie" and "ollie" activity that was to make its debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| 37% | SICKASADOG | 10 | Under the weather and then some |
| 37% | SKY | 3 | It's the limit, to some |
| 37% | BOXOFCHOCOLATES | 15 | Where to find the varieties mentioned at the start of 17-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 37% | SIOUXCITY | 9 | It's at the junction of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota |
| 37% | MEA | 3 | National flag-carrier that does not fly to the US and has its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport (abbr.) |
| 37% | AWLS | 4 | Tools where it's easy to see the point |
| 37% | BECK | 4 | "Loser" and "Where It's At" artist |
| 37% | SWINGSETS | 9 | Places where it's OK to push someone at school |
| 37% | GUM | 3 | It's stuck to the bottom of some school desks |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | It's "only a number" to the young at heart |
| 37% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | INROME | 6 | Where to emulate the locals, it's said |
| 36% | FICTION | 7 | Library section where you might find books belonging to the genres at 16a, 41a, 53a, and 7d |
| 36% | IDOL | 4 | It's one-eyed, yellow and to the north of Kathmandu |