| 100% | RASHES | 6 | Pimples and redness due to an allergy or shaving |
| 31% | CUTIES | 6 | Babies (aww ...) ... or an aural hint to 18-, 32-, 39- and 57-Across |
| 31% | UNEARNED | 8 | Scored due to an error |
| 31% | AUPAIRS | 7 | Some household helpers ... or an oral hint to 17-, 24-, 51- and 63-Across |
| 30% | UNEARNED | 8 | Scored due to an error, in baseball |
| 30% | LASTONESTANDING | 15 | Survivor of an all-out brawl ... or a hint to 23-, 38-, 64- and 87-Across |
| 30% | PARADOX | 7 | Logical contradiction ... or an aural hint to what are found in 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 29% | ALLWISE | 7 | Like King Solomon ... or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 29% | RSVPING | 7 | Acknowledging an invitation ... or a hint to the starts of 19-, 32-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 29% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 29% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 29% | EVACUATED | 9 | When a building is cleared out due to an emergency |
| 28% | THINKTANKS | 10 | Bodies of advisory experts … or, when reinterpreted as an imperative, a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 28% | AGELIMIT | 8 | Restriction due to youth or maturity |
| 28% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 28% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint to 18-, 20-, 55- and 58-Across |
| 28% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 28% | ERODE | 5 | Wear away due to wind or water |
| 28% | XXXXX | 5 | Alternative to an espresso, cortado or macchiato |
| 28% | HAYFEVER | 8 | Allergy to pollen or dust |
| 27% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 27% | TABOO | 5 | Eating pork, to an observant Jew or Muslim |
| 27% | AIRINESS | 8 | Common to an open room and a snob |
| 27% | CUING | 5 | Signalling to an actor about lines and entrances |
| 27% | CAB | 3 | Alternative to an Uber or Lyft |
| 27% | NEUTER | 6 | To spay or geld an animal |
| 27% | CAR | 3 | Alternative to an SUV or minivan |
| 27% | FEE | 3 | Payment to an attorney or agent |
| 27% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Never to be repeated ... or an apt pronouncement after following the instructions sequentially in 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| 27% | WILTING | 7 | Becoming weak due to lack of water or food |