| 100% | CAHOOTS | 7 | To be in __ with someone is to plot together |
| 64% | OVERHEELS | 9 | To be head __ in love with someone |
| 60% | BEARD | 5 | Person pretending to be in a relationship with someone to conceal their true sexual identity |
| 57% | INTERRUPT | 9 | To butt in while someone is talking |
| 54% | ADJOIN | 6 | To be in close contact with, affixed |
| 53% | TOUCHBASE | 9 | To renew contact with someone, check in on them |
| 53% | SELL | 4 | To exchange something with someone in return for money |
| 53% | OWE | 3 | Be in debt to someone |
| 53% | OWES | 4 | Is in debt to someone |
| 52% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Person not to be messed with, in song |
| 52% | THREE | 5 | "___ Weeks Notice," 2006 dramedy about siblings who are forced to spend time together ... with 40a added in |
| 52% | SOS | 3 | Signal to be used by someone in dire straits |
| 52% | IKR | 3 | Slang used in chat to show agreement with someone |
| 50% | NEWSHOLE | 8 | Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism |
| 50% | LOVESICK | 8 | To be so infatuated with someone it causes illness |
| 50% | THE | 3 | With 64-Across, bad thing to be caught in |
| 50% | IVE | 3 | "___ been trying to get in touch with you" |
| 50% | COOKIEJAR | 9 | You don't want to be caught with your hand in one |
| 49% | EVACUEE | 7 | Someone who is moved to safety in times of war |
| 49% | IGNORANCE | 9 | "No nation is permitted to live in ___ with impunity": Jefferson |
| 49% | NOISE | 5 | What someone with hyperacusis is especially sensitive to |
| 49% | LURCH | 5 | Bad thing to be left in, with "the" |
| 49% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 49% | ACTS | 4 | Pretends to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 49% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Puzzle containing squares to be filled in with letters |
| 48% | CONSPIRE | 8 | Plot with others to take someone down |
| 48% | DRONEBEE | 8 | Its purpose in life is to mate with a queen |
| 48% | MADLIB | 6 | Story with blanks to be filled in by the reader |
| 48% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 48% | ERA | 3 | ISS attachment to be launched with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module in summer next year |