| 100% | CAPECOD | 7 | Site of 36-Across and 22-Down |
| 55% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "Aaand ... scene!" ... or an observation about the end of 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across |
| 54% | WHATABREEZE | 11 | "Piece of cake!" ... and apt description of the starts of 17-, 22-, 36- and 46-Across? |
| 54% | THEFOURELEMENTS | 15 | What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across comprise |
| 53% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 52% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Angry element of speech; across and down |
| 52% | OAHU | 4 | Site of "interstates" H1, H2 and H3 |
| 51% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 50% | UPS | 3 | "... full of ___ and downs" |
| 49% | STORM | 5 | With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across |
| 49% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The voice of 36 Across |
| 49% | MISSPIGGY | 9 | Significant other of 36 Across |
| 49% | FWDEKLERK | 9 | Predecessor of 36-Across and sharer with him of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 48% | GEORGIABLUE | 11 | 2021 album by 36-Across and the 400 Unit featuring cover versions of "Nightswimming" and "Kid Fears" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 15- and 22-Across, catchphrase of the Three Musketeers |
| 48% | TOMB | 4 | Site at the end of "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 48% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 48% | ITSTHEPITS | 10 | "Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 48% | UPS | 3 | "Life is full of ___ and downs." |
| 48% | UPS | 3 | "Life is full of ___ and downs" |
| 48% | UPS | 3 | "Life's full of ___ and downs" |
| 48% | UPS | 3 | "Life is full of ___ and downs..." |
| 48% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DEATH | 5 | ___ and 36-Across (two of life's certainties) |
| 47% | BLADE | 5 | *Feature of a 24- and 36-Down |
| 47% | CAPTAIN | 7 | With 63-Across, superhero with "wedgie power" ... and a description of 20-, 36-, or 54-Across |
| 47% | ARENA | 5 | Site of games and concerts |
| 47% | IONIA | 5 | Site of Ephesus and Colophon |
| 47% | RETINA | 6 | Site of rods and cones |
| 47% | NEST | 4 | Site of twigs and eggs |