| 100% | HITON | 5 | Think of by chance, as a solution |
| 64% | HITON | 5 | Discover almost by chance, as a solution |
| 62% | HITON | 5 | Think of, as a solution |
| 59% | HITSUPON | 8 | Thinks of by chance |
| 49% | ALIENTO | 7 | Not consistent with, as a way of thinking |
| 49% | ASS | 3 | Animal thought of as a slow-witted one |
| 48% | IMNOANGEL | 9 | "Don't think of me as a perfect person" |
| 46% | ODDS | 4 | Chances of winning, as from a bookie |
| 46% | TOLOVEONESELFIS | 15 | Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde |
| 46% | TOOMUCHOF | 9 | Start of a thought by 29-Across |
| 46% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter used as a symbol of viscosity by chemists and physicists |
| 45% | IVEGOTIT | 8 | What someone who just thought of a brilliant solution might say: 3 wds. |
| 45% | DEEP | 4 | Of great depth, as a pool or a thought |
| 45% | MASCOTS | 7 | Objects adopted by groups as a symbol of luck |
| 45% | KNOWLEDGEIS | 11 | Start of a thought by British journalist Miles Kington |
| 45% | SELFIES | 7 | Photos described as a "ubiquitous symbol of millennial navel-gazing" by The New Yorker |
| 44% | ISLE | 4 | A piece of land surrounded by water, such as the ___ of Capri |
| 44% | COQUETTE | 8 | Aesthetic described by Vogue as a "campy version of femininity" |
| 44% | TRAIN | 5 | "___ of Thought," 1974 single by Cher from the same album as 40a |
| 44% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 44% | IDEA | 4 | Thoughtful solution as a course of action for something |
| 43% | WHENIPRONOUNCETHEWORD | 21 | Beginning of a thought by the 72-Across 102-Across 80-Across |
| 43% | LONGERTERM | 10 | Not just quick, as a solution |
| 42% | HITON | 5 | Discover, as a solution |
| 42% | VIABLE | 6 | Practical, as a solution |
| 42% | GETAT | 5 | Determine, as a solution |
| 42% | STOPGAP | 7 | Temporary, as a solution |
| 42% | APT | 3 | Suitable, as a solution |
| 42% | RADS | 4 | Unit defined as a dose causing 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter |
| 42% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |