| 100% | NORMAL | 6 | New ___, term popularized during the pandemic to indicate an acceptance of the current situation |
| 55% | DELIVERY | 8 | Contactless ___, term popularized during the pandemic to mean a new way of receiving packages |
| 51% | WORKCATION | 10 | Term popularized during the pandemic to mean a combination of holidays and remote jobs |
| 48% | BODY | 4 | ___ mullet, term popularized during the pandemic to mean a combination of a nice top and ugly bottoms worn during work video calls |
| 43% | POD | 3 | Learning ___, term popularized during the pandemic to mean online schools or classes |
| 43% | ZOOM | 4 | ___ raiding, term popularized during the pandemic to refer to uninvited intrusions during video calls |
| 43% | HOUR | 4 | Virtual happy ___, term popularized during the pandemic to mean drinking "quarantinis" on video calls |
| 32% | SHOW | 4 | Word before "time" to indicate the beginning of an action-packed movie, perhaps |
| 31% | NEGOTIATE | 9 | To discuss the terms of an agreement via debate |
| 30% | LATESTYLE | 9 | Term used by Edward Said to describe the final phase of an artist’s career |
| 28% | VANES | 5 | Devices used to indicate the direction of the wind |
| 28% | CATALONIA | 9 | George Orwell's "Homage To ___" which is part travelogue that gives an account of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War |
| 28% | DURAL | 5 | Relating to an area of the brain |
| 28% | GLOTTAL | 7 | Pertaining to an opening of the larynx |
| 27% | GUANACO | 7 | Mammal of South America believed to be an ancestor of the domestic llama |
| 27% | MUTUALAID | 9 | Kind of voluntary-care network popular during the pandemic |
| 27% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | New Hollywood director who won an Oscar for "The Departed," and is the most-nominated director alive in terms of Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MISTLETOE | 9 | Plant kept under the pillow by singletons in an Irish New Year's Eve tradition to help them dream of their future partners |
| 27% | AIR | 3 | ___ quotes (used to indicate an ironic use of a word) |
| 27% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | Choice to make an audible at the line of scrimmage? |
| 26% | CLIPPER | 7 | The Yankee ___, nickname given to baseballer Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees |
| 26% | SWIPERIGHT | 10 | Indicate willingness to date someone, on Tinder ... and an apt hint to the last part of 17-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 26% | WANG | 4 | First computer company to run an ad during the Super Bowl |
| 26% | MONO | 4 | Prefix with "chromatic" to indicate the use of a single color |
| 26% | COACH | 5 | Sports team instructor who "whistles" to indicate the start of practice |
| 26% | LANDSCAPE | 9 | To improve the appearance of an area of land |
| 26% | IRONHORSE | 9 | The ___, nickname given to baseballer Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 26% | FIRETOKENS | 10 | New "currency" on the current season of "Survivor": 2 wds. |
| 26% | SCHEDULE | 8 | Plan of things to do during the day |
| 26% | TBS | 3 | Locale in Quantico where new USMC officers learn the essentials of being an "Officer of Marines" (abbr.) |