| 100% | DESIRERS | 8 | Those with yens and fancies, say |
| 50% | DESIRERS | 8 | Those with yens |
| 48% | ESTHER | 6 | Book that says "Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes" |
| 44% | NUTTY | 5 | With cashews and almonds, say |
| 44% | FRENEMIES | 9 | Those with a love-hate relationship, say |
| 44% | ELITES | 6 | Those with the greatest power and status |
| 44% | FOOTLOOSE | 9 | __ and fancy-free; with no ties |
| 44% | GALA | 4 | Fancy and festive party, say |
| 42% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 42% | CALMDOWN | 8 | 2022 Afrobeats song by Rema with a hit Selena Gomez remix and a title that says to relax: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AINT | 4 | With 48-Across, "... and that ___!" |
| 41% | PRAY | 4 | Say words that end with "amen" |
| 41% | PAIR | 4 | This and that, say |
| 40% | GALA | 4 | Fancy and elaborate black-tie affair, say |
| 40% | TIPSILY | 7 | With a slur and a stagger, say |
| 40% | REGULAR | 7 | With sides and angles that are equal |
| 40% | WOO | 3 | Ply with wine and flowers, say |
| 40% | ENGLISHLIT | 10 | Class with Browning and Golding, say |
| 40% | COURTING | 8 | Plying with wine and roses, say |
| 40% | WOO | 3 | Shower with flowers and chocolates, say |
| 40% | WOO | 3 | Court with flowers and serenades, say |
| 40% | WOO | 3 | Ply with chocolates and roses, say |
| 40% | DRAMA | 5 | Movie with tension and gravitas, say |
| 40% | ILL | 3 | Down with cough and cold, say |
| 40% | SEW | 3 | Work with thread and needle, say |
| 40% | WOO | 3 | Shower with flowers and chocolate, say |
| 40% | CAMERAREADY | 11 | Finished with hair and makeup, say |
| 40% | GOFORTH | 7 | __ and multiply, saying with Biblical origins |
| 40% | DENYING | 7 | Saying and asserting that something is not true |
| 39% | AWKWARD | 7 | That __ Moment with Zac Efron and Michael B Jordan |