| 100% | KNOT | 4 | Necktie feature, or a problem with a shoelace |
| 60% | KNOT | 4 | Problem with a shoelace |
| 55% | HOLE | 4 | Problem with a sock or a plot |
| 47% | SILVER | 6 | With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid? |
| 47% | HIPPYENDING | 11 | Feature of a fairy tale that closes with "Groovy!" or "Peace, Love, and Harmony?" |
| 46% | SIGNONTHE | 9 | With 60-Across, ink a contract ... or a feature of 17-, 25- and 37-Across |
| 46% | AGEGAP | 6 | Feature of a romance with a cougar |
| 45% | THEREISNOTHING | 14 | With 119-Across, “South Pacific” song ... or a declaration about the nine women featured in this puzzle? |
| 45% | SNAG | 4 | Problem with a line |
| 45% | HOLE | 4 | Problem with a sock |
| 45% | DRIP | 4 | Problem with a faucet |
| 45% | KINK | 4 | Problem with a hose |
| 45% | GAPS | 4 | Problems with a collection |
| 44% | TRIPLE | 6 | With 39-Across, impressive basketball feat ... or a feature shared by the answers to the six starred clues |
| 44% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 44% | SNAG | 4 | Problem with a fishing line |
| 44% | SKIP | 4 | Problem with a scratched LP |
| 44% | STYE | 4 | Problem with a sebaceous gland |
| 44% | LAGS | 4 | Problems with a livestream, maybe |
| 44% | AFROPUFF | 8 | Updo that might be secured with a shoelace |
| 44% | NICKED | 6 | Scratched ... or a coin with a "small change"? |
| 43% | LEAK | 4 | Problem with a hissing tire, maybe |
| 43% | MINDED | 6 | Had a problem with |
| 43% | MINDS | 5 | Has a problem with |
| 43% | MIND | 4 | Have a problem with |
| 43% | DOUGHBOYS | 9 | Podcast with reviews of chain restaurants and a regular "Snack or Wack" feature |
| 43% | PEONY | 5 | Garden flower ... or a coin with a "small change"? |
| 43% | STAIRFRAYING | 12 | Problem with a runner on a flight? |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | Feature of a needle or a hurricane |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | Feature of a needle or a potato |