| 100% | LONGA | 5 | What "play" and "say" have |
| 76% | WAFFLES | 7 | Goes back and forth on what to have for breakfast, say |
| 74% | CAKE | 4 | What you can't have and eat, too, it's said |
| 73% | TENLEGS | 7 | What lobsters and crabs have |
| 73% | ELAN | 4 | What colts and fillies have |
| 73% | RIDGES | 6 | What fingerprints and mountains have |
| 73% | SILENTTS | 8 | What castle and Christmas have |
| 72% | NEWBEGINNINGS | 13 | Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? |
| 69% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 66% | IAGO | 4 | "And what's he then, that says I play the villain?" speaker |
| 65% | TEETH | 5 | What humans and saws have in common |
| 65% | VOWELOFSILENCE | 14 | What people and leopards have in common? |
| 65% | KEN | 3 | What Kendall and Kenneth have in common? |
| 65% | SYNCTRYSTS | 10 | What Romeo and Juliet had to do? |
| 65% | BALLGAMES | 9 | What cubs and mets play |
| 65% | WORDONTHESTREET | 15 | What "they" have been saying |
| 64% | EUROS | 5 | What marks and francs have been replaced with |
| 64% | SUE | 3 | What Harry and Meghan have decided to do |
| 64% | CARBS | 5 | What pasta and potatoes have a lot of |
| 64% | DOT | 3 | What "i" and "j" have in common |
| 64% | SON | 3 | What "Hudson" and "Madison" have in common? |
| 64% | EARS | 4 | What the walls have, they say |
| 64% | THENBA | 6 | What Grizzlies and Timberwolves play in |
| 64% | EYES | 4 | What potatoes and needles both have |
| 64% | EQUIVALENCE | 11 | What watts and volt-amperes have |
| 64% | PANTS | 5 | What have two legs and fly? |
| 64% | TUSKS | 5 | What warthogs and walruses both have |
| 64% | AIL | 3 | Have chills and a fever, say |
| 64% | DOT | 3 | What "i" has and "I" lacks? |
| 64% | ARTY | 4 | Having a goatee and beret, say |