| 100% | CIRCLE | 6 | Round geometrical shape, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "hurkle" |
| 81% | BULB | 4 | Light source, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "culb" |
| 80% | FILM | 4 | Another word for "movie," and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "pilm" |
| 80% | MUSIC | 5 | Harmonious vocals or instrumental sounds, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "anchusic" |
| 79% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 79% | PURPLE | 6 | Color that is a blend of blue and red, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "curple" |
| 63% | ORANGE | 6 | Citrus fruit or a color, and a word that has an obscure near-perfect rhyme with "sporange" |
| 46% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 45% | CRIME | 5 | Act that breaks the law, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 41% | ZEST | 4 | An enthusiastic person has ___ for life (a word that rhymes with best) |
| 39% | MIME | 4 | Street artist who speaks through gestures, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 38% | SLIME | 5 | Sticky stuff kids love to play with, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 38% | LIME | 4 | Fruit you might squeeze into a margarita, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 38% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 38% | DIME | 4 | Ten-cent coin with Roosevelt's face on it, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 35% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 35% | EARTH | 5 | The planet we reside in, that shows off its creative spirit in natural wonders, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 35% | TUNA | 4 | ___ and Jell-O pie, vintage recipe with a saltwater fish that might have had an "interesting" flavor |
| 34% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 34% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 34% | CHEESE | 6 | Frozen ___ salad, vintage recipe with a dairy ingredient and broccoli that might have had an "interesting" flavor |
| 34% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | FLIPFLOPPING | 12 | Switching positions, and a phrase spelled by the first letters of 12 words that have switched positions |
| 34% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 34% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 34% | STUFFEDTOMATOES | 15 | Rice-filled appetizers with red shells, and a hint to the words that bookend 17-, 30-, and 42-Across |
| 34% | ECTO | 4 | Hi-C ___ Cooler, beverage that had a tie-in with the Ghostbusters brand and was famous in the 80s |
| 33% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 33% | BRIM | 4 | Word that means "rim" and also rhymes with it |
| 33% | APRIL | 5 | ___ Ludgate, character from "Parks and Recreation" who shares her name with the month after March and has a perfect poker face |