| 100% | BLISTERED | 9 | Of skin that is broken and sore due to friction |
| 40% | BANANAPEELS | 11 | Skins that can be marinated and fried to make vegan "bacon" |
| 39% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that is made worse due to smoke and other pollutants |
| 38% | CALLUS | 6 | Thickened layer of skin due to friction |
| 38% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 38% | ORLANDO | 7 | Florida city that is home to Disney World and the Magical World of Harry Potter |
| 37% | GROUCHOMARXMUSTACHE | 19 | "The co-star of 'Duck Soup' has to be sore after that!"? |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Point ___, spot that is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility and the most difficult to reach from land |
| 37% | UNITED | 6 | American airline that is part of the Star Alliance and can take you to your travel destination |
| 37% | INDIEGOGO | 9 | Online platform that was one of the first websites to offer crowdfunding for business and personal goals |
| 36% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 36% | PSITTACOSIS | 11 | Infectious disease of parrots and other birds that can be transmitted to humans |
| 36% | VIRGIN | 6 | ___ Atlantic, British airline that is part of the SkyTeam alliance and can take you to your travel destination |
| 36% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 36% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 36% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Notable invention from the 17th century, that is an assembly of lenses and allows us to look into space |
| 36% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 36% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 35% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 35% | MIGRATORY | 9 | *37a was a type of ___ (nomadic) bird that traveled long distances and was used to send messages. |
| 35% | LES | 3 | ___ Gold, owner of "American Jewelry and Loan" that used to be seen on truTV's "Hardcore Pawn" |
| 34% | CGA | 3 | IBM's first PC card from 1981 that was to become a computer display standard instead of merely black and white (abbr.) |
| 34% | NATURALGAS | 10 | Trinidad and Tobago resource that has led to it be one of the richest western countries per capita |
| 34% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | NAR | 3 | Org. dedicated to safety and education for those interested in being in control of their own launch sequences |
| 34% | ABC | 3 | Industrial area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, that's home to many auto manufacturers and is known as the "___ Region" |
| 34% | FEARFUL | 7 | To be wary and timid due to dread |
| 34% | HABITS | 6 | Practices that are hard to break |
| 34% | INGROUPS | 8 | Circles that are hard to break? |
| 33% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |