| 100% | HOST | 4 | Something a Zoom meeting, Airbnb and "S.N.L." each have |
| 40% | TPKE | 4 | N.J. and Pa. each have a famous one |
| 36% | NBA | 3 | League that L.A. and N.Y.C. are each represented in twice |
| 36% | RANGE | 5 | Something an opera singer and a rancher have |
| 35% | CHEWTHEFAT | 10 | To have a long, friendly conversation with someone ("Let's meet for coffee and ___!"): 3 wds. |
| 35% | HORN | 4 | Something that a ram and a Ram have in common |
| 33% | ADD | 3 | A l___er has many rungs and is used for climbing |
| 33% | POWER | 5 | Word before "house" to refer to someone who has great energy, and something that's not actually a house |
| 33% | RTE | 3 | Something a U.P.S. driver has: Abbr. |
| 33% | ONENAME | 7 | Something Rihanna and Madonna each have |
| 33% | CHI | 3 | N.L. and A.L. city |
| 33% | YAOMING | 7 | N.B.A. center who has pitched for McDonald's, Pepsi and Visa |
| 33% | CAUGHTABUG | 10 | Came down with something, and what each theme answer has done |
| 32% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 32% | BAY | 3 | Hudson and Humboldt each have a notable one |
| 32% | ONLINE | 6 | Like a Zoom meeting |
| 32% | CAL | 3 | S.F. and L.A. locale |
| 32% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 misfit comedy ... and something hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 32% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 32% | ONETERM | 7 | Something John Adams and John Quincy Adams each had |
| 32% | PTS | 3 | N, E, W and S, on a compass: Abbr. |
| 32% | HOST | 4 | Starter of a Zoom meeting |
| 32% | HOSTED | 6 | Coordinated, as a Zoom meeting |
| 32% | JOIN | 4 | Enter, as a Zoom meeting |
| 32% | HOST | 4 | Organizer of a Zoom meeting |
| 32% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 31% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where a young woman once learned social skills, and what each starred answer has |
| 31% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 31% | LAG | 3 | Connection annoyance during a Zoom meeting |
| 31% | LAGS | 4 | Connection annoyances during a Zoom meeting |