| 100% | WHY | 3 | Question whose answer might begin "Because ..." |
| 51% | OPENENDER | 9 | Question whose answer can go almost anywhere |
| 47% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam whose answers may be many paragraphs long: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WHEREAMI | 8 | Question that might be answered "28-Across" |
| 44% | DOI | 3 | Question that may be answered "And how!" |
| 43% | WHERE | 5 | Question that might be answered by "Over there" |
| 43% | WHO | 3 | Question that might be answered by "That guy" |
| 42% | COMOESTA | 8 | Question that might be answered "Muy bien, y usted?" |
| 41% | WHOME | 5 | Question that might be answered with "Yes, you!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | AMITOBLAME | 10 | Question that may be answered "No, you're not responsible" |
| 41% | AICHATBOT | 9 | Conversational partner who may not answer personal questions |
| 40% | PIVOT | 5 | Not answer a question directly, as a politician might |
| 40% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | REASON | 6 | It may begin with "Because . . ." |
| 39% | AGE | 3 | Survey question that may have a "Prefer not to answer" choice |
| 39% | PASTA | 5 | Carb-heavy dish whose shapes begin this puzzle's longest answers |
| 38% | VOLLEYBALL | 10 | Sport whose terms begin the answers at 15-, 20-, and 48-Across |
| 38% | GOODASHELL | 10 | Lizzo song whose title lyric answers the question “Baby, how you feelin’?” |
| 38% | DELIS | 5 | Establishments whose products might be described by this answer + H |
| 37% | GOTIT | 5 | Question that might be answered by 18- or 61-Across or 3- or 30-Down |
| 37% | CYCLE | 5 | With "the," rare batting feat whose components begin the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | KARATE | 6 | Sport whose belt levels, from beginning to advanced, appear in the starred answers |
| 37% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song whose refrain begins, "You may say I'm a dreamer" |
| 37% | PAULSIMON | 9 | "Graceland" singer whose "Homeward Bound—The Farewell Tour" began in May: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WHY | 3 | Question that some parents answer with "Because!" |
| 36% | TACT | 4 | What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?" |
| 36% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest single whose title question is repeatedly answered in the affirmative |
| 36% | JACKSON | 7 | Singer Janet whose Vegas residency begins in May |
| 35% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |