| 100% | WHATCANIDO | 10 | Question from a helpful person (or a helpless one) |
| 51% | COUGH | 5 | Hacking sound from a sick person or a smoker |
| 49% | HUH | 3 | Question from a person just awakened |
| 48% | WHERESHOULDIGO | 14 | Question from a person looking for travel tips |
| 44% | AURA | 4 | A glow or energy that emanates from a person |
| 44% | PROMOTED | 8 | Person or team moved up from a lower position |
| 44% | CUSTOMER | 8 | Person who buys goods or services from a business |
| 44% | ARAB | 4 | Person from Iraq or Dubai, for one |
| 44% | FLED | 4 | Ran away from a place or person |
| 44% | HOMELAND | 8 | Where a person or group comes from |
| 44% | ROOMFORDESSERT | 14 | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | IDIG | 4 | Quote from a hippie ... or from a 12-Across person? |
| 44% | CODESWITCH | 10 | Adjustment from a programmer ... or a bilingual person? |
| 44% | SNORT | 5 | Sound from a pig or a giggly person |
| 44% | ROB | 3 | Take or steal from a person by force |
| 44% | ARAB | 4 | A person from Iraq or Dubai |
| 43% | SAP | 3 | Gullible person, or sticky stuff from a pine tree |
| 43% | SOLO | 4 | Song sung by one person or a part where a guitar player shows off |
| 43% | AMPUTEE | 7 | A person who has had a limb or part of one removed |
| 42% | NIGHT | 5 | "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
| 42% | EMBRACE | 7 | Hold a person or thing closely in one's arms |
| 42% | YOUOK | 5 | "Are ___?" (question from a concerned person): 2 wds. |
| 42% | PSA | 3 | The "Wear a Mask" spot from "certified young person" Paul Rudd, for one |
| 42% | TEA | 3 | "Are you a coffee person or a ___ person?" question you ask before you choose a place to hangout with someone |
| 42% | VIBE | 4 | Energy you get from a place or person (rhymes with "tribe") |
| 42% | CAREGIVER | 9 | One who looks after a child or sick person |
| 41% | CANYOUBELIEVEIT | 15 | "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 41% | ICED | 4 | “Hot or ___?” (question from a barista) |
| 41% | MEAN | 4 | *Far from friendly ... or a word made by changing one letter of 32a |
| 41% | FRENEMY | 7 | Person who one is friendly with despite a dislike or rivalry |