| 100% | TRY | 3 | Verb followed by "to" or "and" |
| 69% | EAT | 3 | Verb followed by “Pray” and “Love,” in a Julia Roberts film title |
| 55% | FERTILIZE | 9 | To make soil or land rich and ready for growing crops by adding the right substances to it |
| 54% | ITSRAININGMEN | 13 | Camp classic by the Weather Girls ... or a homophonic hint to 3-, 8-, 26- and 31-Down |
| 53% | FACERECOGNITION | 15 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 52% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 52% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 52% | AEIOU | 5 | Quintet followed by "... and sometimes Y" |
| 52% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion followed by pilgrims to Mecca |
| 52% | ADHERED | 7 | Stuck to or followed the rules |
| 52% | ALL | 3 | Completely given to or absorbed by |
| 51% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Never to be repeated ... or an apt pronouncement after following the instructions sequentially in 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| 51% | GROUPCHAT | 9 | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| 51% | NOUNS | 5 | Parts of speech often followed by verbs |
| 51% | COMMUNISM | 9 | Political system followed by Marx and Lenin |
| 51% | PIGGY | 5 | Animal followed by "bank" or "back" |
| 51% | GAS | 3 | Word followed by "station" or "pedal" |
| 51% | CHOW | 4 | Word followed by "mein" or "fun" |
| 51% | EYE | 3 | Word followed by "lash" or "lid" |
| 51% | EURO | 4 | Prefix followed by -centric or -vision |
| 51% | PNEUMATIC | 9 | Relating to or powered by compressed air |
| 51% | SIMIAN | 6 | Relating to or resembling apes and monkeys |
| 51% | PURSUE | 6 | To follow or chase after |
| 51% | NAVIGATE | 8 | To steer or follow directions |
| 51% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 51% | ROLL | 4 | "Rock and ___," song by Led Zeppelin or what you might do to shape snow into the perfect base for a snowman |
| 50% | ELSE | 4 | Word often following "or" and accompanied by a threatening grin |
| 50% | TACO | 4 | Word followed by "dorado" or "de birria" |
| 50% | LETSROLL | 8 | "Time to go," and a phrase that could be uttered by a 15-, a 21-, a 32-, or a 48-Across? |
| 49% | ADHERED | 7 | When someone has stuck to or followed the rules |