| 100% | HUE | 3 | Raise a ___ and cry (protest loudly) |
| 88% | HUE | 3 | Raise a ___ and cry (make a loud protest) |
| 75% | HUE | 3 | Raise a ___ and cry |
| 72% | HUE | 3 | Raise a ___ and cry (kick up a fuss) |
| 56% | DEMUR | 5 | Raise a protest |
| 54% | HUE | 3 | ___ and cry (angry protest) |
| 54% | HUE | 3 | ___ and cry (loud protest) |
| 52% | TOASTS | 6 | Raises a glass and clinks with others |
| 50% | BAWL | 4 | Cry loudly, like a baby |
| 49% | WAIL | 4 | Cry loudly, or play a mean sax |
| 49% | AHA | 3 | Cry made with a raised index finger |
| 48% | BAWL | 4 | Cry loudly, like a baby (rhymes with "crawl") |
| 47% | OUT | 3 | Umpire's cry with a raised fist |
| 46% | LIEIN | 5 | Protest where people do and don't take a stand? |
| 46% | OHOH | 4 | Student's repetitive cry with a raised hand |
| 46% | ABRA | 4 | Start and end of a magician's cry |
| 45% | LEVITATE | 8 | Float and raise, as in a magician's trick |
| 44% | STOMP | 5 | Walk loudly and heavily, like someone leaving in a huff |
| 44% | OHOH | 4 | Student's repetitive cry with a raised hand (2 wds.) |
| 43% | WAIL | 4 | Weep and ___ (cry loudly) |
| 43% | LOOKITSSUPERMAN | 15 | Cry in Metropolis while pointing … and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Duffer's cry after botching a putt and settling for par? |
| 43% | HANNA | 5 | Film and TV series about a girl raised in the wilderness |
| 42% | ALLISLOST | 9 | Cry of despair (and a hint to solving 17-, 26-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 42% | LOOKMANOHANDS | 13 | Cry while doing a stunt ... or a hint to 2-, 7- and 12-Down |
| 42% | COMETOPAPA | 10 | Casino cry ... or a hint for 16-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 41% | OHTHEHORROR | 11 | Cry of dread ... and a hint to how to transform this grid's circled squares? |
| 41% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 41% | RAIL | 4 | Protest loudly |
| 41% | RAISETHEROOF | 12 | Protest loudly |