| 100% | PITCHATENT | 10 | Prepare for a night out, and an explanation of this puzzle's theme |
| 60% | PENIN | 5 | Enclose, as livestock, and an explanation of this puzzle's theme |
| 59% | SCHOOLSOUT | 10 | Common June shout ... and an explanation of this puzzle's theme? |
| 50% | DINNERANDAMOVIE | 15 | Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | NOW | 3 | Present ... or a concise explanation of this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | EVERYENTRYTHATS | 15 | Explanation of this puzzle's theme ... |
| 44% | EEES | 4 | Some shoes ... and a feature of this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | NAPS | 4 | Prepares for a night out, maybe |
| 42% | THEBEEGEES | 10 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio, and an apt name for a trio of answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | CLAMBERS | 8 | Ascends awkwardly, and an anagram of this puzzle's circled word |
| 40% | MOVER | 5 | Relocation pro, and a hint for six of this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 40% | ESPYAWARDS | 10 | Honors for athletes, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | TWINFALLS | 9 | City of southern Idaho, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | OPTS | 4 | Makes a choice [and one more example of this puzzle's theme] |
| 40% | SPRINGBREAK | 11 | Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? |
| 39% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 39% | TWO | 3 | Approximate shape of this puzzle's white squares ... and a synonym of the circled letters |
| 39% | TREERINGS | 9 | Indicators of age ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | CARTALK | 7 | NPR show from 1977 to 2021, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | PRO | 3 | Debate position and half of this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | IBEFOREE | 8 | Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | ICEBREAKER | 10 | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | PASSTHETIME | 11 | Kill a few hours, and an apt title for this puzzle? |
| 38% | PIZZASLICES | 11 | Cuts from a pie, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 38% | SHIFTGEARS | 10 | Make an abrupt change ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 38% | HANGTEN | 7 | Surf, in a way, and an appropriate title for this puzzle |
| 38% | ADVANCETEAMS | 12 | Groups that do prep work ahead of an event, and a directive followed by this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 38% | AREA | 4 | For an ellipse of semi-major axis a and semi-minor axis b, ?ab gives this quantity |