| 100% | ODOREATERS | 10 | The waitress took forever with the checks and then ___ change |
| 43% | MANINTHEMIRROR | 14 | 1988 hit song by 45-Across with the lyrics "If you want to make the world a better place / Take a look at yourself, and then make a change" (4 wds.) |
| 36% | IWILL | 5 | Beatles ballad with the lyric “Love you forever and forever” |
| 35% | DMX | 3 | Rapper with the 5x platinum album "... And Then There Was X" |
| 34% | PLANE | 5 | *Transport* Take this to soar into the sky and fly along with the birds |
| 33% | SOAR | 4 | To take to the skies and fly high above, as an eagle (rhymes with "boar") |
| 33% | SEED | 4 | "I begin with the ___ of an emotion, a place, and then move from there" (Joy Harjo) |
| 33% | PAID | 4 | Took care of the check |
| 33% | PAY | 3 | Take care of the check |
| 33% | LIED | 4 | Took liberties with the truth |
| 33% | SEE | 3 | Take in with the eyes |
| 33% | GRABBING | 8 | Taking forcefully with the hand |
| 33% | SEE | 3 | Take notice with the eyes |
| 33% | SHIFT | 5 | With 100-Down, change one's approach, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 33% | NEAR | 4 | With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together |
| 33% | THEFACTSOFLIFE | 14 | Show about Quaker Oats, Mikey, and the partnership that changed cereal forever? |
| 32% | WHITE | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! ___ sheep, when you're a part of the herd and not standing out |
| 32% | DANSONKNIGHT | 12 | "I am forever grateful for 'Cheers'"; "I took bets with everybody we'd go at least five years with the Mary [Tyler Moore] show...and I won" |
| 32% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 31% | LETMEBLOWYAMIND | 15 | Eve song with the lyric "And I'm gonna take my time" |
| 31% | PAULA | 5 | Abdul with the #1 albums "Forever Your Girl" and "Spellbound" |
| 31% | SICKASADOG | 10 | Under the weather and then some |
| 31% | NBA | 3 | Org. with the Wizards and Warriors |
| 31% | WNBA | 4 | Org. with the Sun and Sky |
| 31% | AFC | 3 | Org. with the Colts and Browns |
| 31% | JEEP | 4 | Carmaker with the Renegade and Wrangler |
| 31% | NHL | 3 | Org. with the Penguins and Kings |
| 31% | JEEP | 4 | Carmaker with the Wrangler and Compass |
| 31% | OHIO | 4 | State with the Browns and Guardians |