| 100% | ISITART | 7 | Question often preceded by "But …" |
| 62% | ESTER | 5 | Word often preceded by poly- |
| 62% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo- |
| 62% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo |
| 62% | PLUG | 4 | Word often preceded by "shameless" |
| 62% | NOR | 3 | Conjunction often preceded by “neither” |
| 61% | ALERT | 5 | Word often preceded by a color |
| 61% | ERA | 3 | Time often preceded by a name |
| 60% | CIE | 3 | It's often preceded by "&" in Fr. |
| 60% | ALERT | 5 | Warning word often preceded by a color |
| 59% | ERA | 3 | Word often preceded by a leader's name |
| 58% | CANI | 4 | Question often preceding "Pretty please with sugar on top?" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | RAVINGMAD | 9 | Synonym for “unhinged” that’s often preceded by “stark” |
| 57% | BEGS | 4 | What often precedes the question |
| 56% | FORME | 5 | Question often followed by "You shouldn't have!" |
| 56% | LMAO | 4 | Letters indicating that you're in hysterics often preceded by "ROF" |
| 49% | WHEREWASI | 9 | Lost-one's-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across |
| 48% | WHENCE | 6 | Word often redundantly preceded by "from" |
| 45% | PED | 3 | Letters often preceding "xing" and accompanied by a silhouette of a person walking on a yellow background |
| 42% | HOWDOILOOK | 10 | Question often asked after twirling |
| 40% | HUTS | 4 | They often precede hikes |
| 40% | GYMCLASSES | 10 | They often precede showers |
| 40% | MERE | 4 | It often precedes technicalities |
| 40% | HOTLY | 5 | It often precedes ''contested'' |
| 40% | LGBTQ | 5 | Inits. that often precede "+" |
| 40% | HOTLY | 5 | Word often preceding ''contested'' |
| 40% | SEEDY | 5 | Adjective often preceding “underbelly” |
| 40% | NOUNS | 5 | They often precede verbs |
| 40% | TREO | 4 | Smartphone preceded by the Pre |
| 40% | HASHTAG | 7 | Word or phrase preceded by "#" |