| 100% | UMAMI | 5 | Portmanteau of words for "delicious" and "taste" |
| 61% | WARIO | 5 | Video-game antagonist whose name is a portmanteau of the protagonist's name and the Japanese word for "bad" |
| 57% | FRENEMIES | 9 | Portmanteau word for pals and adversaries |
| 52% | SAMPLE | 6 | Another word for a small taste of food |
| 52% | ROMANTASY | 9 | Portmanteau for a “genre of swords and soulmates,” per the Guardian |
| 51% | AMTRAK | 6 | Nationwide rail system whose name is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" |
| 51% | SPOTIFY | 7 | Music streaming service whose name is a portmanteau of the words "spot" and "identify" |
| 51% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 51% | ROMANTASY | 9 | Portmanteau literary genre for "A Court of Thorns and Roses" |
| 50% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 49% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | OBAMA | 5 | Winner of the 2005 and 2007 Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album |
| 49% | LENOVO | 6 | Chinese tech giant whose name is a portmanteau of the word "legend" and the Latin ablative "novo" |
| 48% | PERRYWHITE | 10 | Character known for exclaiming the first words of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 48% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunting words for opponents, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 22-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 48% | DIOR | 4 | Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for “God” and “gold” |
| 47% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 47% | LOVELANGUAGES | 13 | Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two |
| 47% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 47% | MAN | 3 | Word on both sides of "to" and "for" |
| 46% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Social networking service ... or an apt portmanteau for the starts of 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 46% | COSPLAY | 7 | Portmanteau of costume and roleplay |
| 46% | SMOG | 4 | Portmanteau of smoke and fog |
| 46% | VOCAB | 5 | List of words, for short |
| 46% | SHE | 3 | Word for half of hurricanes |
| 45% | GST | 3 | Abbr. for the former secret code word of a CIA compartment regarding interrogation and counter-terrorism programs |
| 45% | PARSNIP | 7 | Portmanteau of a Pastinaca and turnip |
| 45% | GEEP | 4 | Portmanteau of a goat and sheep |
| 45% | SPELLINGS | 9 | Lists of words for children to learn to write |
| 45% | PLUOT | 5 | Portmanteau of a plum and an apricot |