| 100% | RUT | 3 | Stuck in a ___ (doing the same thing over and over) |
| 63% | RUT | 3 | In a ___ (doing the same thing repeatedly) |
| 61% | REPEATING | 9 | Doing the same thing again and again |
| 58% | ARUT | 4 | Stuck in ___ (doing the same old thing): 2 wds. |
| 58% | ERIE | 4 | Town in “That Thing You Do!” with the same name as a Great Lake |
| 56% | INARUT | 6 | Stuck doing the same old thing |
| 53% | MADMAGAZINE | 11 | Publication founded in 1952 featuring artwork that does the same thing as this puzzle |
| 53% | VENIR | 5 | Verb that means the same thing in Spanish and French |
| 52% | ONEMORE | 7 | "___ Time," 2023 movie about a person stuck in the same day ... which is also a hint for 18a, 30a, 35a, 4d, and 39d: 2 wds. |
| 50% | UPRISE | 6 | Revolt, and when its two syllables are swapped, a phrase meaning the same thing |
| 50% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 50% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 49% | APES | 4 | Does the same thing as |
| 49% | XXXX | 4 | "___ done the same thing!" |
| 49% | IDVE | 4 | "___ done the same thing!" |
| 49% | IDVE | 4 | "__ done the same thing!" |
| 49% | SCOUT | 5 | Stratego piece that moves the same way a rook does in chess |
| 48% | CHESSMASTER | 11 | Clock-puncher who might achieve a promotion and resign in the same day |
| 48% | BUGS | 4 | Software glitches ... and, in a broad sense, small things hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 48% | HOWE | 4 | Gordie ___ hat trick (a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game) |
| 48% | FOSSE | 5 | Director Bob who won a Tony, Oscar and Emmy all in the same year |
| 48% | RUBYDEE | 7 | Actress in "Do the Right Thing" and the "Roots" miniseries |
| 48% | YAP | 3 | Not a really considerate thing to do in the library |
| 47% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 47% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 47% | RAHEEM | 6 | Character with a boombox in "Do the Right Thing" |
| 47% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 47% | ETC | 3 | "And more of the same," in a list |