| 100% | JAZZHANDS | 9 | One answer to the question "What's your favorite music genre," literally? |
| 40% | CALLMEMAYBE | 11 | Hesitant answer to the question "The film 'American Gigolo' features what Blondie song?" |
| 39% | ASHIP | 5 | Answer to the riddle “I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?” |
| 38% | HOBBY | 5 | "What's your favorite ___?" question to ask someone about how they use their free time |
| 38% | DNA | 3 | What might reveal the answer to "Who's your daddy?" |
| 38% | PESTO | 5 | Possible answer to the question “What should I make with all this basil?” |
| 37% | TEAM | 4 | "What's your favorite sports ___?" question to ask someone before taking them to a game of ball |
| 37% | TULIPS | 6 | Answer to the joke "What flowers grow on your face?" |
| 36% | CHARMEDIMSURE | 13 | Confident answer to the question "What early 2000s show is about three sisters who are witches?" |
| 36% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 35% | STAMP | 5 | Answer to the riddle "What stays in one corner but travels around the world?" |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Impossible answer to the question "Are you lying?" |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | With 39-Across, answer to the question "Who's the solver of this puzzle?" |
| 34% | AGROUPTHAT | 10 | Answer to the title question, part 1 |
| 34% | UUUU | 4 | What's common to the five longest answers |
| 34% | ACQUIREACHOIR | 13 | What the church's music director wanted to do? |
| 33% | CALORIES | 8 | What's been added to the starred answers |
| 33% | AUTOCOMPLETE | 12 | Search engine feature ... or what you literally need to do to answer the six starred clues |
| 33% | FALLAPART | 9 | Go to pieces, or what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | MARACAS | 7 | Ones shaking to the music? |
| 33% | BUTOFCOURSE | 11 | Confident answer to the question "How do you say 'goal' in French?" |
| 33% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 33% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 33% | UPSTARTS | 8 | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 33% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 33% | CUTTHECARBS | 11 | Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 33% | TIMESLOT | 8 | Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain |
| 33% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 33% | BEARHUGS | 8 | Tight embraces, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 33% | CHEESEFILLING | 13 | Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |