| 100% | DORKS | 5 | Those with personal libraries second to none, raise their hands every 5 minutes in class and always, always do their projects on time |
| 26% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 24% | KICKSTARTER | 11 | Online platform that allows creative people involved in different mediums to raise funds for their projects |
| 23% | BAKE | 4 | (5/5) "Lawn work? Laborious and hands-on. But to ___ (cook in oven) a treat requires time ..." |
| 23% | GLOVES | 6 | I'm the second skin that protects chemist's hands and I always come in pairs. Who am I? |
| 23% | ASL | 3 | Class in which students raise their hands, briefly? |
| 22% | FOLDPAGESOAANDBARELINED | 23 | With 14-Down, what to do on the dotted lines to reveal six hidden things that have something in common with this puzzle |
| 22% | ISP | 3 | Org. that provides on-line access and in the US, has to allow law agencies to monitor their transmissions |
| 21% | SHY | 3 | Unlikely to raise one's hand in class |
| 21% | CARDSHARPS | 10 | Ones who usually know what to do with their hands |
| 21% | BAD | 3 | Michael Jackson album with songs like "Man in the Mirror," that went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time |
| 21% | BLUEANGELS | 10 | Gp. that started with Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats in 1946 and will transition to Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets next year |
| 20% | SPLIT | 5 | With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles |
| 20% | IGGYAZALEA | 10 | "Fancy" singer featured on "Problem" who in 2014 became the second ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with her first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 20% | NEW | 3 | With 7-Across and 5-Down, time to make resolutions |
| 20% | CAPTAIN | 7 | ___ and Tennille, pop-rock duo whose fame peaked post their track "Do That to Me One More Time" |
| 20% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| 20% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |
| 20% | ITINA | 5 | Book that "What's Love Got to Do With It" was based on |
| 20% | EASYAS | 6 | Classes that are simple to do very well in: 2 wds. |
| 20% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 20% | PLEDGEMUSIC | 11 | Online platform that is dedicated to enabling musicians to raise funds for their projects |
| 20% | SPELLED | 7 | What Harini Logan did 22 times in 90 seconds to win the Scripps Bee |
| 20% | FOOT | 4 | *Body part with toes that you may put in and out while doing 20a |
| 20% | FINGERS | 7 | *Digits used to count that you may put in and out while doing 20a |
| 19% | CPM | 3 | Operating system that preceded DOS, created in 1974 and used on Intel 8080/85-based microcomputers |
| 19% | THREE | 5 | Clock time that forms an "L" with the big and little hands |
| 19% | ECON | 4 | A subject or class in college that deals with goods and services |
| 19% | UNWRAP | 6 | What Lea & Perrins invite you to do with the flavor on their website |
| 19% | AAARATING | 9 | High credit score on Wall Street that has nothing to do with batteries |