| 100% | ALLITERATION | 12 | Poetic device identified by repeated sounds of the first letter, as "She sells seashells by the sea-shore" |
| 41% | SHE | 3 | "___ sells seashells by the sea shore" |
| 35% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" |
| 35% | SHELLS | 6 | What she sells by the sea shore |
| 35% | SEASHORE | 8 | She sells seashells by the __ |
| 33% | LOVE | 4 | "New ___," song by Dua Lipa which served as the first single of her self-titled debut album |
| 32% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 30% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award that aptly sounds like the first letters of "Off" and "Broadway" |
| 30% | DEE | 3 | First name that sounds like the fourth letter of the alphabet |
| 29% | TUNA | 4 | Fish sold by Chicken of the Sea |
| 29% | QUEUE | 5 | Waiting line at the DMV... or a word that sounds like the first letter of 25a |
| 29% | ESSAY | 5 | Former SAT section that sounds like the first two letters of "SAT" |
| 29% | SEA | 3 | She sells __shells by the __shore |
| 28% | BLOOM | 5 | Sign of spring, as depicted by the circled letters |
| 28% | JASON | 5 | Name spelled by the first letters of consecutive calendar months |
| 28% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 28% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 28% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Poe poem that concludes "In her tomb by the sounding sea" |
| 28% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed by the first letters of a series of words |
| 28% | GROWABEARD | 10 | Do the opposite of shave ... as suggested by the circled letters |
| 28% | SEASHORE | 8 | She sells seashells by it |
| 28% | GEE | 3 | Sound of the seventh letter |
| 28% | ELL | 3 | Sound of the twelfth letter |
| 28% | ZEE | 3 | Sound of the last letter |
| 28% | CEE | 3 | Sound of the third letter |
| 27% | SHOES | 5 | Clothing items sold in boxes, as hinted at by the shaded letters |
| 27% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 27% | SEASHELLS | 9 | She sells these by the seashore... |
| 27% | SHE | 3 | "___ sells seashells by the seashore" |
| 27% | SHE | 3 | ___ sells seashells by the seashore |