| 100% | ELIDE | 5 | Skip, as the "f" and "the" in "two of the clock" |
| 65% | BIRDS | 5 | There are two, as the expression goes, in each of 16- and 55-Across |
| 63% | TENACE | 6 | In bridge, a holding of two non-consecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen |
| 59% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 54% | ALSTER | 6 | Tributary of the Elbe and two lakes in Hamburg |
| 54% | HARPER | 6 | Surname of the brothers in Two and a Half Men |
| 53% | ARTWORLD | 8 | Arena of activism for Nan Goldin, as documented in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” |
| 53% | MARTINA | 7 | First name of two Wimbledon winners in the 1980s and '90s |
| 53% | MOESHA | 6 | TV daughter of Frank Mitchell, in the nineties and early two-thousands |
| 52% | SEXANDTHECITY | 13 | Whence the line “Women come to New York in search of the two Ls: labels and love” |
| 52% | OYER | 4 | Court of ___ and Terminer, as created for the Salem witch trials in 1692 |
| 51% | WELSH | 5 | Language in which "dd" and "ff" are treated as single letters of the alphabet |
| 51% | AERIE | 5 | Class of starships used as colony ships and surveyors commissioned in the year 2347 |
| 51% | REGIS | 5 | ___ Philbin, TV presenter and host who made a guest appearance as the voice of Mabel in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 51% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| 51% | ARA | 3 | 11 seasons known as the "Era of ___" in which Notre Dame won two national titles |
| 51% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 51% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 51% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 50% | FLASHBACK | 9 | The F and B in the online term FBF |
| 50% | SPORADES | 8 | Name given to two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea; the Northern — and Southern — |
| 50% | SHADOW | 6 | Golden retriever pal of Chance the bulldog and Sassy the cat in two "Homeward Bound" films |
| 50% | TDS | 3 | Tom Brady and Matt Ryan each threw two of these in the 2017 Super Bowl: Abbr. |
| 50% | CONORMCGREGOR | 13 | UFC champion in two different weight classes, and the highest-paid athlete of 2021: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BONE | 4 | Former name, under French rule, of the city and port in Algeria known now as Annaba |
| 50% | DOLPHLUNDGREN | 13 | "The Expendables" actor who plays Gunner Jensen in the 2010 film and also starred as He-Man in "Masters of the Universe": 2 wds. |
| 50% | UNCOLA | 6 | Geoffrey Holder described the lemon and lime he held in the 1970's 7 Up ads as these kind of "nuts" |
| 50% | PETEALONSO | 10 | N.Y. Mets rookie first baseman who won the 2019 Home Run Derby and drove in two of the National League's runs in the 2019 13-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | FREETRADE | 9 | It's the F and T in NAFTA |
| 50% | EGG | 3 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle, as seen in 28a, 45a, 7d, 11d, and 31d! |