| 100% | DISTURB | 7 | To interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of |
| 41% | REDCROSS | 8 | Organization with three Nobel Peace Prizes ... or what "corrects" the answer to each of the starred clues |
| 41% | SAUSAGELINK | 11 | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 40% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Get some rest … or what to do with the end of the previous answer to solve each starred clue |
| 40% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | BYTEDANCE | 9 | Company ordered by the Trump Administration to sell or spin off the U.S. operations of TikTok (August, 2020) |
| 39% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order |
| 39% | SAILON | 6 | Order to the "Ship of State" |
| 39% | ANAL | 4 | Of or related to the anus |
| 39% | EPIDERMIC | 9 | Of or relating to the skin |
| 39% | PHRENIC | 7 | Of or relating to the diaphragm |
| 39% | PULMONARY | 9 | Of or relating to the lungs |
| 39% | OCULAR | 6 | Of or relating to the eyes |
| 38% | CEPHALIC | 8 | Of, in, or relating to the head |
| 38% | SUILLINE | 8 | Of or relating to the pig family |
| 38% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
| 38% | MAINLAND | 8 | The rest of the U.S., to Hawaiians |
| 38% | FRANCHISE | 9 | The licensing of trademarks or business to others |
| 37% | OUTSIDE | 7 | On or to the exterior of |
| 37% | DOVE | 4 | "14a is considered to be a close relative of the pigeon or ___ (peace-loving avian)..." |
| 37% | DEAL | 4 | Order to the person holding the deck of cards |
| 37% | MAINLAND | 8 | The rest of China, to Hong Kong and Macau |
| 37% | CLARITY | 7 | The quality of being easy to see or hear |
| 37% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to the rest of the pack |
| 37% | PERES | 5 | Subject of the biography "Road to Peace" |
| 37% | ELOPERS | 7 | Visitors to a justice of the peace |
| 36% | ELOPE | 5 | Run off to the justice of the peace |
| 36% | ELOPES | 6 | Runs off to a justice of the peace |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | Statement to a justice of the peace, perhaps |
| 36% | VERSUS | 6 | In contrast to or as the alternative of |