| 100% | GAMUT | 5 | The complete range of something, which can be run |
| 49% | HANDFUL | 7 | The amount of something that can be held |
| 45% | HEEEEERESJOHNNY | 15 | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 45% | KEYS | 4 | PC things, which can be found at the starts of 14-, 22-, 37-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 45% | HANDLE | 6 | The part of something by which it is held |
| 45% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 42% | GUT | 3 | The part of your body which is often referred to when you get a "feeling" about something |
| 41% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 41% | MANASSAS | 8 | City in Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| 41% | DARIA | 5 | Sitcom which is the successful spin-off of "Beavis and Butt-Head" that ran for five seasons |
| 40% | ICH | 3 | German pronoun that can be found at the end of "which" or "ostrich" |
| 40% | BATARANGS | 9 | DC Comics weapons, one of which can be seen at the Smithsonian |
| 40% | CHEETAH | 7 | Large cat which is the fastest animal in the world that can reach a speed of 70 mph |
| 39% | SURELYANARTFORM | 15 | End of the musing, which could simply have been the shaded squares |
| 39% | LIE | 3 | Tell something which is not the truth |
| 39% | TEASE | 5 | Verb for which synonyms can be found at the beginnings of the starred answers |
| 38% | ANEURYSM | 8 | Can be the result of a weakened blood vessel wall |
| 38% | EPI | 3 | It could be to the left of center |
| 38% | STRING | 6 | This theory could be the Theory of Everything |
| 38% | STATEDEBT | 9 | Something that can be collected from anywhere in the U.S.? |
| 38% | EMS | 3 | They can be seen in the middle of summer |
| 38% | IRELAND | 7 | Cork can be found at the bottom of it |
| 38% | EWES | 4 | Female animals that can be the source of mutton |
| 38% | TASTEBUD | 8 | It could be on the tip of your tongue |
| 38% | FREQUENCY | 9 | The rate at which something is repeated |
| 38% | STYLING | 7 | The way in which something is designed |
| 38% | PURPOSE | 7 | The reason for which something is done |
| 38% | PURPOSE | 7 | The reason for which something is created |
| 38% | ODDS | 4 | Probability of something happening; What are the ___? |
| 38% | RNA | 3 | Something the Zika virus is full of |