| 100% | PARAGRAPH | 9 | Passage of writing indicated by a new line |
| 48% | PARAGRAPH | 9 | Section of a piece of writing beginning on a new line |
| 46% | ODE | 3 | Lines of praise written by a poet |
| 42% | LILIES | 6 | "...And ___ face the March-winds in full blow..." (2nd line of a spring-themed poem written by 14a) |
| 42% | SWAMPTHINS | 10 | Bog monster emerges ... WITH A NEW LINE OF SNACK CRACKERS! |
| 41% | REDRAFTS | 8 | Writes a new version of |
| 40% | JOKEBOOK | 8 | A written collection of punch lines |
| 40% | HEM | 3 | Line of stitches made by a tailor |
| 37% | JETSTREAM | 9 | Instead of writing about a New York football team, the sports reporter showed the ___ |
| 37% | TEXT | 4 | Passage of writing |
| 37% | TACIT | 5 | Indicated by a nod |
| 37% | STATED | 6 | Indicated by a symbol |
| 36% | BOTTOMROW | 9 | Last line of a spreadsheet (as suggested by the shaded squares?) |
| 36% | ANDMILESTOGO | 12 | With 63-Across, ending lines of a poem by 72-Across |
| 36% | ELENORE | 7 | 1968 song by 15-Across written as a parody of 32-Across |
| 36% | ESSAY | 5 | Many a piece of writing by Joan Didion |
| 35% | DIARY | 5 | "___ of a Mad Black Woman," 2005 rom-com written by and starring Tyler Perry |
| 35% | DOUBLEBAR | 9 | Pair of close vertical lines indicating the end of a section of music |
| 35% | INCOLDBLOOD | 11 | *1967 movie based on a series of New Yorker articles by Truman Capote |
| 35% | MEPHISTO | 8 | 1936 written work by Klaus Mann subtitled Novel of a Career |
| 35% | SOS | 3 | Message indicated by a flare |
| 35% | YES | 3 | Answer indicated by a nod |
| 35% | ROWAN | 5 | Argue by a new tree |
| 35% | OBSOLETE | 8 | Replaced by a newer model |
| 35% | {BOY/GIRL} | 10 | "It’s a ___!" (either one of two celebratory birth announcements shared by new parents) |
| 35% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 34% | RUT | 3 | Track made by repeated passages of a wheel |
| 34% | FINAL | 5 | Lap indicated by a white flag |
| 34% | APR | 3 | Month indicated by a 4: Abbr. |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Age indicated by a single finger |