| 100% | SCARRED | 7 | Suffering lasting effects, literally or figuratively |
| 50% | EEOFFTHEGAS | 11 | Slow down, literally or figuratively |
| 49% | ERR | 3 | Drop the ball, literally or figuratively |
| 49% | TAKEFLAK | 8 | Come under fire, literally or figuratively |
| 49% | TURNEDON | 8 | Wired, literally or figuratively |
| 49% | WELCOMED | 8 | Embraced, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | INARUT | 6 | Spinning one's wheels, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make easier to swallow, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | TENSE | 5 | In danger of snapping, literally or figuratively |
| 47% | ATSEA | 5 | Way to be lost, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | TEA | 3 | It can be piping hot, literally or figuratively |
| 46% | LENS | 4 | Way of looking at things, literally or figuratively |
| 42% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 41% | GRAPHIC | 7 | Like some novels, figuratively or literally |
| 35% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 35% | SCAR | 4 | Lasting effect |
| 34% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 33% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 32% | INHELL | 6 | Suffering, figuratively |
| 31% | WELT | 4 | Lasting lash effect |
| 30% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 30% | ERRS | 4 | Drops the ball, literally or not |
| 30% | SENSEI | 6 | Literally, "teacher" or "master" |
| 30% | ACHE | 4 | Suffer pain or sadness |
| 30% | TAILEND | 7 | Last or final part |
| 30% | END | 3 | Last section or part |
| 30% | TEA | 3 | It can be spilled literally or metaphorically |
| 29% | ALOHA | 5 | Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy" |
| 29% | PERISH | 6 | Suffer ruin or destruction; die |