| 100% | SLITTED | 7 | Open to the thigh, as an evening gown |
| 44% | NOCKED | 6 | Fitted to the bow, as an arrow |
| 43% | ESCALATE | 8 | Bring to the next level, as an argument |
| 43% | HIRES | 5 | Adds to the existing staff, as an employer |
| 43% | SOLE | 4 | Entitled to the entire estate, as an heir |
| 43% | TOPICAL | 7 | Applied to the body externally, as an anesthetic |
| 43% | HIPBONE | 7 | The thigh bone's connected to it, as per the song |
| 42% | SET | 3 | Adjust to the desired wake-up time, as an alarm |
| 41% | AMYLNITRITE | 11 | Yellow fragrant liquid used as an inhalant to dilate the blood vessels |
| 41% | DANCEAROUND | 11 | Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint to the puzzle's circles |
| 40% | AGILITY | 7 | The ability to move quickly and nimbly, as with an athlete |
| 39% | APOCRYPHA | 9 | Books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in certain versions of the Bible |
| 39% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Peter Parker or Miles Morales, or, as an imperative, a hint to the circled letters |
| 39% | AIRY | 4 | Open to the breeze |
| 39% | AIRY | 4 | Open to the wind |
| 39% | OUTDOOR | 7 | Open to the elements |
| 39% | EXPOSED | 7 | Open to the elements |
| 39% | UNVEIL | 6 | Open to the public |
| 39% | UNFURLED | 8 | Opened to the wind |
| 39% | PREMIERING | 10 | Opening to the public |
| 39% | SKIPS | 5 | Doesn't listen to, as the boring songs on an album |
| 38% | KICKSTARTS | 10 | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | TAP | 3 | Touch to open, as an app |
| 38% | RECALLED | 8 | Pulled from the shelves, as food linked to an outbreak |
| 38% | KRAAL | 5 | Zulu homestead, worship site and a defensive arrangement, also known as an isibaya to the Zulu people |
| 38% | ELEGANT | 7 | Like an evening gown |
| 37% | SPYHOP | 6 | Springing bounce in tall grasses, as by an animal, to view the surroundings |
| 37% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |
| 37% | GLOTTAL | 7 | Pertaining to an opening of the larynx |
| 37% | BACKLESS | 8 | Revealing, as an evening dress |