| 100% | SNOB | 4 | Sort of wine drinker who might ask "Do you detect stonefruits and smoked cedar?" |
| 34% | SNOB | 4 | Kind of wine drinker who might remark "I'm getting hints of unripened banana" |
| 31% | YENTA | 5 | Person who might ask "Did you hear ...?" |
| 31% | ITGUY | 5 | Dude who might ask, "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" |
| 29% | WAITER | 6 | Person who might ask "Do you need another minute with the menu?" |
| 29% | DELETE | 6 | Rhyme of 49-Down, and what you might do to one |
| 27% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 26% | FURBY | 5 | Fad toy who might ask you "U-nye-boh-doo?" |
| 26% | COP | 3 | One who may ask for your license and registration, informally |
| 25% | GRABFORTYINKS | 13 | What an exhausted, but enthusiastic, tattooist might do if asked to go and get supplies in a variety of colors? |
| 25% | RENEW | 5 | People may ask you to do this |
| 25% | GURU | 4 | One who might ask, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” |
| 25% | GATEMAN | 7 | Someone who might ask for identification (or, when reversed, a form of identification) |
| 25% | SIGNIN | 6 | A security guard might ask you to do this |
| 24% | SMOG | 4 | What do you get when you mix smoke and fog? |
| 24% | ADULT | 5 | Person who might ironically say "How do you do, fellow kids?" |
| 24% | LATIN | 5 | With 71-Across, sort of person who might enjoy this puzzle? |
| 23% | PEALE | 5 | Painter who did portraits of Washington and Jefferson |
| 23% | AREA | 4 | What do you get when you multiply length and breadth of a square? |
| 23% | PUNSTER | 7 | One who might tell you the invention of the wheel created a revolution |
| 23% | ERR | 3 | What you might do on the side of caution |
| 23% | TERMITES | 8 | What may eat you out of house and home? |
| 23% | MICHAELA | 8 | Coel, writer and star of I May Destroy You |
| 23% | SALT | 4 | A "seasoned" skeptic may ask you to take things with a grain of this |
| 23% | ALEXA | 5 | Whom you might ask to turn off the lights, nowadays |
| 23% | CRASH | 5 | Sound of cymbals, and what the starred answers might do |
| 23% | ONADARE | 7 | How you might find yourself doing something dumb and risky |
| 23% | PERSONALSPACE | 13 | You might need more of it if you ask someone to step back |
| 22% | SEER | 4 | Whom you might ask "Where will I be in 10 years?" |
| 22% | WRAP | 4 | Sandwich alternative ... or kind of sandwich, depending on whom you ask |