| 100% | LITAFIRE | 8 | Motivated, with "under" |
| 76% | NEG | 3 | Motivate with derision, colloquially |
| 66% | ZONKED | 6 | Under the influence, with "out" |
| 66% | ENCOURAGE | 9 | Motivate someone with inspirational words |
| 66% | SNOWED | 6 | __ under, swamped with work |
| 65% | STATE | 5 | With 61-Across, under government control |
| 65% | ADULT | 5 | Under ___ supervision (like proms with chaperones) |
| 63% | STARTER | 7 | Self-__; motivated, ambitious, with initiative |
| 63% | WASPS | 5 | With 52-Down, structure found under eaves |
| 63% | TUCKS | 5 | Secures under cover, with "in" |
| 63% | ATTEST | 6 | Say under oath, with "to" |
| 63% | TAKEN | 5 | Word with over or under |
| 63% | CANISTER | 8 | Container with gas under pressure |
| 63% | REINING | 7 | Bringing under control, with "in" |
| 61% | TOUPEE | 6 | Rug with nothing swept under it? |
| 61% | PAGEBOY | 7 | Straight hair with ends turned under |
| 61% | PAGEBOY | 7 | Short hairdo with ends rolled under |
| 61% | OVERPASS | 8 | Bridge with a road under it |
| 61% | ACID | 4 | Substance with a pH under 7 |
| 61% | POISE | 5 | Composure under pressure (rhymes with "noise") |
| 60% | WASPS | 5 | With 64-Across, sight under the eaves, at times |
| 59% | ALLY | 4 | State collaborating with another under a treat |
| 59% | STEM | 4 | Academic acronym associated with female under-representation |
| 59% | GIFTS | 5 | Boxes with bows often kept under wraps |
| 57% | AEROSOL | 7 | Liquid put under pressure with gas, hair spray |
| 57% | SERENADE | 8 | Woo with song, often sung under the window |
| 57% | CHINSTRAP | 9 | Penguins with marked black line under their heads |
| 57% | PAGEBOY | 7 | 70s women's haircut with hair rolled under |
| 57% | MISTLETOE | 9 | Green plant with white berries for kissing under |
| 57% | GRANDMA | 7 | ___ pizza (square pie with cheese under the sauce) |