| 100% | TODDLER | 7 | One between one and three years in age, and whose life is filled with wobbly steps and broken words (o_o) |
| 51% | ADULT | 5 | One above 18 years of age, and whose life is filled with responsibilities (:-S) |
| 37% | BORN | 4 | Suffix with "new" to mean a baby younger than 2 months, and one whose life is filled with crying (T_T) |
| 31% | TEEN | 4 | One between 12 and 20 years of age |
| 31% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 29% | NUN | 3 | One whose life is in order? |
| 28% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 28% | EMPANADA | 8 | A "domino" one is filled with black beans and cheese |
| 27% | SEVENTIES | 9 | Someone aged between 70 and 79 is in their __ |
| 27% | GAMERS | 6 | One whose life might be in pieces? |
| 27% | DOUBLEHEADER | 12 | In 2020's MLB season, each game of one was seven innings ... and what each word of three long answers can have |
| 27% | SENPAI | 6 | One whose attention is desperately sought, in manga and anime parlance |
| 27% | ACT | 3 | One of three in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" |
| 26% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 26% | TENPINBOWLING | 13 | Popular sport played with a ball that has three holes and whose history has been traced back to the Egyptians living in 3200 BCE: 3 wds. |
| 26% | SLOTH | 5 | One of three living mammals in the superorder Xenarthra, along with the armadillo and anteater |
| 26% | USMA | 4 | Sch. whose candidates must be unmarried and between 17 and 22 years old |
| 26% | TODDLER | 7 | One whose age is given in months |
| 26% | WAP | 3 | 2020 song whose title is rhymed with bucket and a mop in its lyrics |
| 26% | TEENAGE | 7 | Period in one's life, between 13 to 19 years |
| 26% | BAZAAR | 6 | Marketplace in the Middle East and South Asia that is filled with multiple small stalls |
| 26% | MUSIAL | 6 | One of three men to play in 24 All-Star Games, with Aaron and Mays |
| 25% | STANK | 5 | Word between "stink" and "stunk" in "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" |
| 25% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 25% | USPS | 4 | Grp. whose peak season is between Black Friday and New Year's |
| 25% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 25% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 25% | TWO | 3 | Number between one and three? |
| 25% | BEAUTY | 6 | Word with three consecutive vowels, and Beast's partner in a popular fairy tale |
| 24% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |