| 100% | ESKIMOS | 7 | Outdated term for the Inuit and Yupik peoples |
| 46% | UMIAK | 5 | Open boat made of skin used by the Yupik and Inuit peoples |
| 45% | FIVETOOLPLAYERS | 15 | Term for people who can do all the actions at the starts of 17-, 22-, 35-, 42- and 48-Across |
| 43% | OSSICLES | 8 | Term for the hammer, anvil and stirrup in the ear |
| 42% | NERD | 4 | Term for the TV characters at 18-, 32-, and 41-Across |
| 42% | KNUCKLEBALLER | 13 | Term for the type of pitcher 17- and 39-Across are |
| 42% | SWELLS | 6 | Term for fashionable people of the 1920s |
| 42% | SOLSTICE | 8 | Technical term for the longest and shortest days |
| 41% | PINOY | 5 | Informal term for people from the Philippines |
| 41% | TSUNDOKU | 8 | Japanese term for the act of buying books and never reading them |
| 40% | YEARLING | 8 | Term for a horse between the ages of one and two |
| 40% | WEST | 4 | Geopolitical term for Europe and the Americas, with "the" |
| 39% | KAYAK | 5 | Style of boat first used by the Aleut, Inuit, and Yupik peoples |
| 39% | DIASTEMA | 8 | Formal term for the gap suggested by 17/18-, 35/37- and 54/57-Across |
| 39% | BLIGHTY | 7 | Term for England used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars |
| 38% | FUNDAMENT | 9 | Archaic and comical term for the buttocks |
| 38% | MUSE | 4 | Term for one of the Greek goddesses who were an inspiration for creative people |
| 38% | HALLMARKHOLIDAY | 15 | Term for a celebration perceived to exist mainly to sell people cards and gifts |
| 38% | DAD | 3 | Affectionate term for father, that begins and ends with the letter "D" |
| 38% | MOM | 3 | Affectionate term for mother, that begins and ends with the letter "M" |
| 38% | SLANGY | 6 | Like the terms "dough" and "cheddar," for money |
| 38% | IDIOTBOX | 8 | Colloquial term for the Television... or a hint to solve 16a, 22a, 4d, and 36d: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RAZA | 4 | "La ___" (Mexican term for "the people") |
| 38% | EBOS | 4 | Alternate old name for the people native to southeastern Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea |
| 37% | ESKIMOS | 7 | Inuit and Yupik |
| 37% | PORTMANTEAU | 11 | Term for the other longest answers in the puzzle (and 92 Down) |
| 36% | HOMELESS | 8 | Outdated term for being unhoused |
| 35% | SBS | 3 | Abbr. for the phenomenon when nonspecific symptoms are reported by many people in new homes and offices |
| 35% | SIAMESETWINS | 12 | Outdated term for babies joined at birth |
| 35% | STG | 3 | Term for the British pound, for short |