| 100% | QUESTIONS | 9 | Some suggest not to ask too many of these |
| 40% | COOK | 4 | Having too many of this may spoil the broth |
| 36% | BLINDEYE | 8 | Turn one of these to pretend not to notice |
| 35% | CATS | 4 | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this …" |
| 34% | THEMES | 6 | Features of some crosswords (but not this one) |
| 34% | PERSONALSPACE | 13 | What you might need more of if you ask someone to scoot over |
| 34% | PERSONALSPACE | 13 | You might need more of it if you ask someone to step back |
| 33% | AYES | 4 | Some votes ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 33% | THESE | 5 | More of this? |
| 33% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many questions |
| 33% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many questions? |
| 33% | PRIES | 5 | Asks too many questions |
| 33% | NOSY | 4 | Asking too many questions |
| 33% | PRIED | 5 | Asked too many questions |
| 33% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares |
| 32% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 32% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many personal questions |
| 32% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many questions, say |
| 32% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many private questions |
| 32% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many questions, perhaps |
| 32% | NOSY | 4 | Asking too many personal questions |
| 32% | PRIES | 5 | Asks too many personal questions |
| 32% | AMI | 3 | Witty reply to "You're the kind of person who asks too many questions" |
| 32% | SCORINGPOINTS | 13 | Goal of most games (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 32% | PRY | 3 | Ask too many personal questions, say |
| 31% | INDIAN | 6 | ← Member of the only team to win this many games in a season |
| 31% | CASINOS | 7 | Las Vegas and Monte Carlo have many of these |
| 31% | COOKS | 5 | Too many of them "spoil the broth" |
| 31% | VIOLINS | 7 | 55-Across has played many of these |
| 31% | ENCORES | 7 | 55-Across has played many of these |