| 100% | REARER | 6 | Silver, for example, in the opening to TV's "The Lone Ranger" |
| 47% | HIYO | 4 | “___, Silver!” (catchphrase for the Lone Ranger) |
| 45% | OVERT | 5 | Out in the open for all to see |
| 43% | BLUE | 4 | This 14-season TV series bid farewell to the silver screen in 2024. Give it up for the NYPD drama series, "___ Bloods"! |
| 43% | STEEDS | 6 | The Lone Ranger's Silver and others |
| 42% | RECAPS | 6 | Intros to "Only Murders in the Building" episodes, for example |
| 41% | CHEAT | 5 | Kick your ball closer to the hole in mini-golf, for example |
| 41% | KEMO | 4 | ___sabe (Tonto's name for the Lone Ranger) |
| 41% | SABE | 4 | Kemo __; Tonto's name for the Lone Ranger |
| 41% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
| 40% | SCOUT | 5 | Tonto's horse in stories involving The Lone Ranger |
| 39% | ELEVATORKEY | 11 | Firefighter's term for the secret to rising in the ranks? |
| 39% | PRIMETIME | 9 | 8 to 11 p.m., for TV programming in the eastern and western US: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEMOSABE | 8 | The Lone Ranger, to Tonto |
| 39% | SCOUT | 5 | Tonto's horse in stories involving 1930’s radio character The Lone Ranger |
| 38% | ODE | 3 | Sharon Olds's tribute to the hymen, for example |
| 38% | SIDEKICK | 8 | For the Lone Ranger, it was Tonto |
| 38% | COMPADRE | 8 | Tonto, to the Lone Ranger |
| 38% | KEMO | 4 | Word for the Lone Ranger |
| 38% | TONTO | 5 | Sidekick for the Lone Ranger |
| 38% | COUCHGAG | 8 | The first one appeared in the opening sequence for "Bart the Genius" |
| 38% | BILLYBUSH | 9 | Former TV star who's contrite for his role in the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal, saying "I'm grateful to be a more conscientious person now": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 38% | PDA | 3 | Kissing in the open, for short |
| 38% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | ERRAND | 6 | Whipping down to the mailbox to stick a letter in and stopping at the corner store for bread, for example |
| 37% | SIDEKICK | 8 | What Tonto was to the Lone Ranger |
| 37% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | ELMO | 4 | Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person |
| 37% | ALIEN | 5 | Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," for one |