| 100% | SHINS | 5 | Parts of a soccer player's legs protected by "guards," or (with "The") a band featured in 34-Across/1-Down |
| 37% | GRIP | 4 | Part of a golf club that's held by the player |
| 36% | ADRAMACRITICIS | 14 | Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters |
| 36% | ERIC | 4 | With 1-Down, player of the Hulk in 2003's "Hulk" |
| 36% | RAMONES | 7 | With “the,” band whose logo features a Presidential seal with the words “Hey Ho Let’s Go” in place of “E Pluribus Unum” |
| 36% | NANCY | 5 | With 34-Across, she was LPGA Tour Player of the Year in 1978 as a rookie and received the Bob Jones Award in 1998 |
| 34% | LANDONYOURFEET | 14 | Cry to soccer player Donovan when something is wrong with the body parts at the bottom of his legs? |
| 34% | THEREISNOTHING | 14 | With 119-Across, “South Pacific” song ... or a declaration about the nine women featured in this puzzle? |
| 34% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 33% | SHIN | 4 | Body part that's protected by a guard in field hockey |
| 33% | SOBER | 5 | 1993 song by the rock band Tool that features stop-motion animation of a humanoid in the official music video |
| 33% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 33% | CAR | 3 | "I'm In Love With My ___," 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album "A Night at the Opera" |
| 33% | SOLO | 4 | Part of a song that features one member of the band |
| 33% | FLIGHT | 6 | "The ___ of the Phoenix," 1965 film starring James Stewart ... or part of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 33% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 33% | OGEE | 4 | Type of weight-driven clock originating in the 1830s featuring a wooden case with S-shaped outer edges |
| 33% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 33% | GRIP | 4 | Part of a golf club or tennis racket held by a player |
| 32% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 32% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 32% | SHIN | 4 | Spot protected by a guard in soccer |
| 32% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 32% | ARNO | 4 | Part of the view in "A Room With a View" |
| 32% | CORNEA | 6 | Part of the eye in contact with a contact lens |
| 32% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye with a pupil in its middle |
| 32% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | BRAINSTORM | 10 | Session with a volley of ideas, or word that starts with the body's grey matter part |
| 32% | RAY | 3 | ___ Bourque, former NHL player who holds the record for Most Assists by a defenseman in the entire career with 1,169 assists |
| 31% | RAN | 3 | Took part in the final leg of a triathlon |