| 100% | LENO | 4 | Pairing and twisting of yarn to lock threads in position |
| 35% | SLIP | 4 | In cricket, the position of the fielder who stands a little behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper |
| 34% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 34% | ASTROLOGY | 9 | Study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies in order to divine information about human affairs |
| 33% | AREYOUOKAY | 10 | Query of concern … or a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters appearing in 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 33% | PREFECTS | 8 | Students in positions of power and responsibility |
| 32% | FANTASTICBEASTS | 15 | With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling's first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | CROCHET | 7 | Use hook and loops of yarn to make eg shopping bag |
| 31% | FRONTGATE | 9 | Lock this to keep salesmen out and dogs in |
| 31% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 30% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali and home to the University of Sankore |
| 30% | GIRLSCOUTLEADER | 15 | One in charge of Brownies and cookies? / Easy to understand |
| 29% | PLY | 3 | One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope |
| 29% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | AFOE | 4 | "___ to tyrants, and my country's friend" (words of Cato in "Julius Caesar") |
| 29% | JOHNIRVING | 10 | Author of novels In One Person and Last Night in Twisted River |
| 29% | PATAKI | 6 | George who was mayor of Peekskill and went on to higher positions |
| 29% | LAZARUS | 7 | Resurrected brother of Mary and Martha in the Gospel According to John |
| 29% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 28% | CROSSTHETS | 10 | Pay attention to detail ... and, homophonically, what three pairs of puzzle answers do |
| 28% | DIAGONALPARKING | 15 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words |
| 28% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | POLYMERASE | 10 | Enzyme used in assembling chains of nucleic acids to make DNA and RNA |
| 28% | TINA | 4 | Singer Turner inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 |
| 28% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 28% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | TETEBECHE | 9 | In philately, a joined pair of stamps printed with one inverted in relation to the other |
| 28% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 28% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words ... and a hint to four side-by-side pairs of puzzle answers |
| 28% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |