| 100% | YIPS | 4 | Nervousness that causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, with "the" |
| 42% | SKIP | 4 | Uno card that causes the next player to miss a turn |
| 41% | YIPS | 4 | Nervous tension that causes golfers to miss short putts |
| 37% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 35% | GETUP | 5 | “What’s with the ___?” (question to a friend in an unusual outfit) |
| 34% | ILIAD | 5 | The ___, an ancient work that begins with an invocation to the Muses |
| 34% | XENON | 5 | The only chemical element with a name that begins with an x |
| 34% | USER | 4 | ___-friendly (like an app that's easy to work with) |
| 34% | USER | 4 | ___-friendly (like a product that's easy to deal with) |
| 33% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that holds a Guinness World Record for the smallest park, with an area equivalent to two sheets of A3 paper |
| 33% | FOUND | 5 | ___ to be missing, oxymoron that describes the case of a missing Christmas pie |
| 33% | INACAST | 7 | Like an arm with a fracture that needs to heal: 3 wds. |
| 33% | DETAIL | 6 | "Attention to ___," complete the phrase with a word that ends in "ail" |
| 33% | DRAWTWO | 7 | Uno card that causes the next player to take more cards and lose a turn (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 33% | SHOVE | 5 | Soccer move that might cause the ref to hunt for a yellow card |
| 33% | NEUTRON | 7 | Uncharged elementary particle with a mass nearly equal to that of the proton |
| 32% | RETURNTRAYTABLES | 16 | Announcement that could put an end to the misery caused by the 49-Across |
| 32% | TONE | 4 | Suffix with "ring" to mean the tune that plays for an incoming phone call |
| 32% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 32% | ODO | 3 | Prefix with "meter" to mean the device that measures the distance traveled by a vehicle |
| 32% | QUEEN | 5 | "___ of the Supermarket," 2009 Bruce Springsteen song that is an ode to a supermarket employee |
| 32% | NAVI | 4 | Tall humanoid with a blue striped skin that is indigenous to the fictional planet Pandora |
| 32% | TAHOE | 5 | California freshwater lake with a name that translates to "edge of the lake" in Washoe |
| 32% | ELM | 3 | Tree that becomes a Muppet if you add an "o" to the end |
| 32% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that becomes a holiday if an E is added to the front |
| 32% | ARIA | 4 | Solo that becomes a font if you add an "L" to the end |
| 32% | ERR | 3 | Miss an easy fly, e.g. (make a blunder) |
| 32% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |