| 100% | RHYMINGCOUPLETS | 15 | The “AA” and “BB” of an AABB scheme |
| 55% | MASTERLY | 8 | Having the knowledge and ability of an expert |
| 54% | DICAPRIO | 8 | Surname of an actor in Titanic and The Revenant |
| 53% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | Cause of an accidental kiss in "Lady and the Tramp" |
| 52% | FUSELAGE | 8 | Main body of an aircraft excluding the wings, fins and tailplane |
| 52% | UNODUETRE | 9 | Start of an Italian count, and the start of the starred answers |
| 52% | OFFAL | 5 | Edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart and liver |
| 51% | THIS | 4 | The thing right here, and an anagram of 38-Down |
| 51% | MUZZLE | 6 | The projecting jaws and nose of an animal |
| 51% | UVEA | 4 | That part of an eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid |
| 50% | THORAX | 6 | The part of an insect between head and abdomen |
| 50% | LESSOR | 6 | Landlord, and an anagram of the plural of 16 Down |
| 50% | TURNINGRED | 10 | 2022 Pixar film ... and an explanation of the circled squares? |
| 49% | ANDRE | 5 | Author of the novels An Act of Terror and Other Lives |
| 49% | SHOWSUP | 7 | Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters |
| 49% | SETH | 4 | Vikram —, author of novels The Golden Gate and An Equal Music |
| 49% | GUNSMITH | 8 | An expert in the design and repair of firearms |
| 49% | LASTDANCE | 9 | The final slow smooch and twirl of an evening |
| 49% | REPETITEUR | 10 | Member of an opera company who coaches singers and accompanies them on the piano in rehearsal |
| 48% | SETH | 4 | Vikram —, author of the novels The Golden Gate and An Equal Music |
| 48% | SHOWOFHANDS | 11 | Informal voting method, and an element of each of the starred answers |
| 48% | FUELINJECTION | 13 | Internal combustion process, and an explanation of the other long Across answers |
| 48% | ALAMO | 5 | "Forget the ___: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth" |
| 48% | REPETITEUR | 10 | Member of an opera company who coaches the singers and accompanies them on the piano in rehearsal |
| 48% | MOVINGPARTS | 11 | Working components of an engine ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 34- and 47-Across are? |
| 48% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 48% | SEALE | 5 | An unincorporated community in Alabama and also the name of Bobby ___, an American political activist. |
| 48% | UVEA | 4 | The part of an eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid |
| 48% | FACIALEXPRESSION | 16 | Many an emoji, and a feature of the starred clues and their answers? |
| 47% | ALLKIDDINGASIDE | 15 | "But seriously," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |