| 100% | LOL | 3 | Texter's abbreviation to indicate that something's funny (but not as funny as in 7-Across) |
| 57% | ROFL | 4 | Texter's abbreviation to indicate that something's very funny |
| 34% | ALLEGED | 7 | How a newspaper article will often refer to something that's been claimed but not proven |
| 33% | OBEY | 4 | Verb that's not included in marriage vows as often as it used to be |
| 33% | ATM | 3 | Something that most people use, but it's also not tough to go through a withdrawal |
| 31% | SEX | 3 | Something that might be in an R-rated movie but not a G-rated one |
| 30% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that a melody is to be played legato or as a single phrase |
| 29% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Something that’s not quite as easy as A, B, C? |
| 29% | ALE | 3 | Something that's not hard to drink? |
| 29% | SMOKERING | 9 | Something that's not easy to blow |
| 29% | MYFIRSTRODEO | 12 | Not something that's not new to me? |
| 29% | ASAP | 4 | Abbreviation to indicate urgency in a text: Abbr. |
| 29% | ETC | 3 | Abbreviation to indicate more things in a list |
| 29% | IMAC | 4 | Something in an office that's not PC? |
| 28% | UFO | 3 | Something in the sky that's not been recognized |
| 28% | INTERN | 6 | Something that German students completing their medical courses need not be in order to be an assistant doctor |
| 28% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 28% | OPENACANOFWORMS | 15 | Do something that's bound to result in trouble later |
| 28% | TMI | 3 | "Not interested in hearing that!," to a texter: Abbr. |
| 28% | WIFI | 4 | Something that's often free in airports but expensive on airplanes |
| 27% | COIN | 4 | Something to toss but not throw away |
| 27% | ALSO | 4 | Not just that but this as well |
| 27% | ROLE | 4 | Something to fill, as in a film |
| 27% | CHIN | 4 | Something to scratch in thought ... that's found in "scratch in thought" |
| 27% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 27% | ACAB | 4 | Something that's widely hailed but never seems to be there when you want one |
| 27% | SCIENCE | 7 | Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 27% | PET | 3 | Something that all but three U.S. presidents have had while in office |
| 27% | SEL | 3 | Something it's quite polite to pass across the dinner table in Paris |
| 27% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not likely to be shown in a multiplex |