| 100% | BURGLAR | 7 | Thief of the breaking-and-entering variety |
| 52% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | And the tempestuous finale was played at a variety of... |
| 51% | STEADMAN | 8 | Writer of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, A.F. __ |
| 51% | HEISTS | 6 | Plot devices in the films "Thief" and "King of Thieves" |
| 50% | HERMES | 6 | The Greek god of travel, trade and thieves |
| 50% | LALLANS | 7 | Literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland |
| 50% | GERUNDS | 7 | Breaking and entering, e.g. |
| 49% | BURGLAR | 7 | One breaking and entering |
| 48% | BURGLARY | 8 | Theft by breaking and entering |
| 47% | JEMISIN | 7 | Author of the Broken Earth trilogy |
| 46% | BURGLARY | 8 | Criminal offense known as breaking and entering |
| 46% | USOC | 4 | The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 established this body, responsible for entering and overseeing teams in international competition |
| 46% | RALPH | 5 | "___ Breaks the Internet," 2018 animated movie where the protagonist enters the land of Internet through a router |
| 46% | TAUT | 4 | Stretched just short of the breaking point |
| 46% | CODLINGS | 8 | Young fish of the chip shop variety |
| 46% | PRETZEL | 7 | Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 46% | AT | 2 | ___ the break of dawn |
| 45% | HALFTIME | 8 | Game break … or a hint to interpreting the first parts of 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across? |
| 45% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie —, author of novels Breaking Dawn and The Chemist |
| 44% | IBERIAN | 7 | Of the peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal |
| 44% | SOME | 4 | __ of the time (now and then) |
| 44% | SOME | 4 | ___ of the time (now and then) |
| 44% | ANT | 3 | Insect of the Carpenter variety |
| 44% | RICH | 4 | "Lifestyles of the ___ and Famous" |
| 44% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 44% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 44% | DISPERSAL | 9 | The breaking up of a group or crowd |
| 44% | TIDAL | 5 | Of the rising and falling of the sea |
| 44% | ALCHEMIC | 8 | Of the ancient combination of chemistry and magic |
| 44% | CHAP | 4 | Of the skin to become rough and dry |