| 100% | FINALANSWER | 11 | Phrase uttered to lock in a response on 14-Across/19-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ITSOPEN | 7 | "Come on in!" response to a doorbell: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ONIN | 4 | "Come ___" (response to a knock on the door): 2 wds. |
| 40% | PABLOPICASSO | 12 | Spanish cubist artist whose antiwar painting "Guernica" was in response to a Nazi bombing: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RODDYPIPER | 10 | Rowdy ___, a wrestler who went on to play the lead role in the cult classic "They Live": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KENDRICKLAMAR | 13 | "Humble" rapper who had 14 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRINKME | 7 | Words on a bottle that Alice finds in 17a which causes her to shrink in size: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEGOOD | 7 | "___ Place," a new fantasy-comedy NBC series about a girl in the afterlife, that started premiering on September 19: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GOTO | 4 | ___ Jail (phrase on a Chance card in Monopoly): 2 wds. |
| 39% | CLARKSTORY | 10 | "The Ron ___," 2006 film starring Matthew Perry based on a real life educator who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City public school: 2 wds. |
| 39% | IDO | 3 | Phrase in a swearing-in ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who played 19-Across in a 1996 film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NORMMACDONALD | 13 | "SNL" actor and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 38% | OHSNAP | 6 | Response to a clever put-down: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BLESSYOU | 8 | Response to a sneeze: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HAHA | 4 | Response to a joke: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | "The Godfather" actor who starred in the 1989 miniseries based on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 38% | ALYSSANAKKEN | 12 | First woman to coach on the field of a Major League Baseball game, for the San Francisco Giants in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROSIEODONNELL | 13 | "The Flintstones" actress and comedian who won $500,000 for charity on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NOFAT | 5 | Phrase on a diet food label, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KOREYWISE | 9 | Exonerated suspect portrayed by 33-Across in the miniseries "When They See Us" on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Phrase uttered at a wedding: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Response to a court oath: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Response to a minister, sometimes: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Response to a marriage officiant: 2 wds. |
| 38% | IDO | 3 | Response in a wedding chapel: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs power forward for 19 years, who was a top U.S. swimmer in the 400m freestyle before shifting to basketball: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LISALESLIE | 10 | First woman to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASIS | 4 | Phrase on a garage sale tag: 2 wds. |