| 100% | EUREKA | 6 | Uttered by Archimedes and the solution to problems |
| 42% | EYEDROP | 7 | What may have the solution to your vision problems? |
| 41% | RESOLVE | 7 | To find the solution to a problem |
| 38% | HOTTICKET | 9 | All the rage and hard to come by |
| 36% | FLY | 3 | "...Take these broken wings and learn to ___" ("Blackbird" by The Beatles) |
| 36% | ALCOHOL | 7 | "The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems," per Homer Simpson |
| 35% | LIGHT | 5 | "The Mirror and the ___," 2020 novel by Hilary Mantel which is a sequel to 44a |
| 35% | SOLVE | 5 | Find the solution to |
| 35% | FIGUREOUT | 9 | Find the solution to |
| 35% | PACKED | 6 | "___ to the Rafters," Australian comedy TV series created by Jo Porter and Anthony Ellis |
| 35% | NOME | 4 | U.S. city connected to the outside only by airplane, boat and sled |
| 35% | NEED | 4 | Megaproject proposed as a solution to rising ocean levels in the English Channel and the North Sea (abbr.) |
| 35% | HIDE | 4 | *"Everybody's Got Something to ___ Except Me and My Monkey," song by the Beatles |
| 35% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 34% | BALTIC | 6 | — Sea, body of water connected to the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and Oresund |
| 34% | ANSWER | 6 | Solution to a problem |
| 34% | SUMS | 4 | Solutions to addition problems |
| 34% | AXIS | 4 | The —, name given to the alliance of Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan formalised by the 1940 Tripartite Pact |
| 34% | FERTILIZE | 9 | To make soil or land rich and ready for growing crops by adding the right substances to it |
| 34% | LYE | 3 | Solution to some chemistry problems? |
| 33% | RIOTACT | 7 | Legislation designed to prevent civil disorder passed by the government in 1715 and repealed in 1967 |
| 33% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 33% | NET | 3 | Broadcast network from 1962 to 1970, supported by the Ford Foundation and now known as PBS |
| 33% | SUM | 3 | Solution to an addition problem |
| 33% | GODS | 4 | "The Food of the ___ and How It Came to Earth," 1904 sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells |
| 33% | PAGE | 4 | (4/5) Flip to the first ___ and start your journey into the world created by the author |
| 33% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across |
| 33% | DENT | 4 | Arthur —, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy character played by Simon Jones on radio and television |
| 33% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Communication problem ... illustrated literally by the black squares before 5-, 19-, 26-, 54-, 65- and 73-Across |
| 33% | ECO | 3 | Tourism prefix which refers to the kind preferred by travelers who support conservation of forests and wildlife |