| 100% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after a major lifestyle change |
| 75% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after a lifestyle change |
| 67% | NEWME | 5 | Person after a lifestyle change, self-descriptively |
| 56% | NEWME | 5 | Moniker after a lifestyle change |
| 50% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after a makeover |
| 49% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after a personal rebirth |
| 48% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after turning over a new leaf |
| 48% | NEWME | 5 | Self-description after a complete makeover (2 wds.) |
| 46% | POSTWAR | 7 | Period after a major conflict |
| 46% | SNOWDAY | 7 | Break after a major fall? |
| 44% | NEWERA | 6 | Period that dawns after a leadership change |
| 42% | ONEBC | 5 | Last year before a major change |
| 42% | NEHI | 4 | Chero-Cola, after a name change |
| 42% | UNDOSEND | 8 | Action after a change of mind |
| 42% | NEWME | 5 | Self after a makeover |
| 41% | HAPPY | 5 | Sarcastic question after a self-induced disaster |
| 39% | RESET | 5 | Change after a blackout, as a clock |
| 39% | NAILEDIT | 8 | Self-congratulation after a good audition |
| 39% | EDITS | 5 | Changes a Facebook post after posting it, say |
| 35% | ISTINK | 6 | Self-deprecating remark after a loss |
| 35% | EGODEATH | 8 | Radical self-transformation after a drug trip, maybe |
| 34% | POLITICALJUNKIE | 15 | Self-description of a C-SPAN addict |
| 34% | NERD | 4 | Self-description for a 19-Across, maybe |
| 34% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | ___ Effect, effect named after a colorful insect, that refers to a trivial change having enormous consequences |
| 34% | Y2K | 3 | 1999 tech scare believed to present a major 110 Across (and a description of its circled letters) |
| 34% | NERD | 4 | Self-description for a D&D enthusiast, maybe |
| 34% | RET | 3 | Abbr. after many a major's name |
| 33% | LEFTOVERS | 9 | What many have after Thanksgiving, and a description of the starred answers' gimmick |
| 33% | DAVYJONESLOCKERROOM | 19 | Where a Monkee changes after a game? |
| 32% | KEY | 3 | A major, maybe |