| 100% | WERE | 4 | Used to be, in the plural |
| 81% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 69% | BMX | 3 | Vehicle to be used freestyle in the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 68% | WRINKLES | 8 | Botox is used to smooth __ in the face |
| 68% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 68% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 65% | NAPSTER | 7 | File-sharing application predominantly used to share audio files that was popular in the 2000s |
| 64% | OVAL | 4 | Shape Humpty Dumpty used to be in |
| 64% | SAUNA | 5 | Place to be in the hot seat? |
| 64% | ENVIES | 6 | Wishes to be in the shoes of |
| 64% | EXCON | 5 | Person who used to be in jail: Hyph. |
| 64% | SHADE | 5 | Hades turned out to be in the shadows |
| 63% | ZAYN | 4 | "Pillowtalk" singer who used to be in One Direction |
| 63% | LEAD | 4 | Toxic metal that used to be in house paint |
| 63% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 63% | OWE | 3 | Be in the hole, so to speak |
| 62% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 62% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 61% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 61% | THATSMYQUEUE | 12 | "Oh, I'm supposed to be in the line over there"? |
| 61% | UPFOR | 5 | In the running to be |
| 60% | SHE | 3 | "___ Used To Be Mine" (song from the musical "Waitress") |
| 60% | OPIUM | 5 | Drug that used to be smoked in "dens" |
| 60% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 60% | MOSS | 4 | In WWI, this plant material was used in dressings due to the ability to absorb fluid faster than cotton wool |
| 59% | REELED | 6 | Video used to be stored in ___ form on tapes |
| 59% | BAT | 3 | Used to hit the ball in baseball |
| 59% | BORNYESTERDAY | 13 | In the negative, unlikely to be fooled |
| 59% | ELECTRICITY | 11 | Form of energy used to run appliances at home and can be produced in the ways described at 17a, 41a, 56a, and 47d |
| 59% | HALLPASS | 8 | Slip allowing a student to be in the corridor during class time: 2 wds. |