| 100% | ELLIPSIS | 8 | The omission of words from a text, shown by dots |
| 43% | APOCOPE | 7 | Omission of the final sound of a word |
| 43% | IPASS | 5 | Words from the holder of a weak hand |
| 43% | COMEONLINES | 11 | Words from a pickup artist, and, if reinterpreted, each of the four theme answers |
| 41% | IMIT | 4 | Starting words from the tagger in a game of tag |
| 41% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 41% | LETTERS | 7 | "___ from a Stoic," a collection of 124 epistles by Seneca the Younger |
| 41% | INCIPIT | 7 | The first few identifying words of a written text |
| 41% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | Words from a friendly bartender, and a description of the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 40% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | Welcome words from a bartender, and where to find the ends of 17-, 30-, and 46-Across? |
| 40% | ATAXIA | 6 | Lack of coordination often a sign of a cerebellum problem, described by this word derived from the Greek for "lack of order" |
| 39% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 39% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the ocean by a reef |
| 38% | CHIOS | 5 | Greek island separated from Turkey by a strait of the same name |
| 38% | MEAN | 4 | *Far from friendly ... or a word made by changing one letter of 32a |
| 38% | RECAP | 5 | Set of clips from the previous episode of a TV show |
| 38% | NOUNS | 5 | The 25 words on a Codenames board, by part of speech |
| 38% | SPA | 3 | Word derived from the name of a Belgian town |
| 37% | HEAD | 4 | *Top of the body ... or a word made by changing one letter of 19a |
| 37% | DEAL | 4 | *Pass out the cards ... or a word made by changing one letter of 25a |
| 37% | SRY | 3 | Text abbr. that can be achieved by taking every other letter from the five-letter unabbreviated word |
| 37% | ITSME | 5 | Words from a familiar voice at the door |
| 37% | ONME | 4 | Words from a person picking up the tab |
| 37% | CHEERS | 6 | Rallying words from fans in the stands, or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses |
| 36% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 36% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 36% | SECESSION | 9 | The action of withdrawing from a political state |
| 36% | APOCOPE | 7 | Omission of part of a word |
| 36% | CROWDFUND | 9 | Raise money from a large number of people on the Internet, and a word added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2014 |
| 36% | BYRON | 5 | The phrase "Truth is stranger than fiction" originated from Canto XIV of a poem of "immoral content" by this author |