| 100% | MANHANDLE | 9 | To roughly push and shove a person |
| 45% | ENTOURAGE | 9 | People supporting and attending to a celeb |
| 43% | SPA | 3 | A place that people go to relax and get massages |
| 42% | SCUFFLE | 7 | Push and shove |
| 42% | JOSTLE | 6 | Push and shove |
| 42% | JOSTLED | 7 | Pushed and shoved |
| 42% | JOSTLING | 8 | Pushing and shoving |
| 41% | MELEE | 5 | Pushing and shoving escalation |
| 41% | NEEDS | 5 | Wants and necessary things to a person |
| 41% | INNKEEPER | 9 | Accommodating person? ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 41% | HELEN | 5 | ___ Keller, first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts |
| 40% | MOREORLESS | 10 | Roughly, and a hint to the words hidden in 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 39% | HALLMARKHOLIDAY | 15 | Term for a celebration perceived to exist mainly to sell people cards and gifts |
| 39% | PURITEEN | 8 | Neologism coined to describe a young person whose politics are sex-negative and moralistic |
| 39% | CART | 4 | Item at the entrance of a supermarket to push around and fill up with groceries |
| 39% | HIJACKS | 7 | Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? |
| 38% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 38% | ONESELF | 7 | A person, to that person |
| 38% | ANIMORPHS | 9 | Book series about people who transform into creatures... or a hint to 11 and 14 Across |
| 38% | PRO | 3 | A person paid to play |
| 37% | KRAAL | 5 | Zulu homestead, worship site and a defensive arrangement, also known as an isibaya to the Zulu people |
| 37% | BODYGUARD | 9 | A person hired to protect another |
| 37% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | A popular social media platform where people share pictures and videos to followers, whose icon is represented by a camera |
| 37% | ASTRONAUT | 9 | A person trained to go to space |
| 37% | BARTENDER | 9 | A person who mixes and serves drinks |
| 37% | ENGINEER | 8 | A person who designs and builds machines |
| 37% | ROBOTIC | 7 | A person who is mechanical and unemotional |
| 37% | BARBER | 6 | A person who cuts and shaves hair |
| 37% | DETECTIVE | 9 | A person who investigates and solves crimes |
| 37% | FARMER | 6 | A person who cultivates crops and orchards |