| 100% | DRYMARTIN | 9 | What "should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy," per Noël Coward |
| 30% | LUCY | 4 | "___ in the Sky with Diamonds," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a drawing that Lennon's son made of his classmate |
| 29% | SHAZAM | 6 | It may be said with the wave of a hand |
| 27% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |
| 27% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 27% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total ___ of the Heart," hit song by Bonnie Tyler with a celestial phenomenon in its title |
| 26% | SKATEBOARDING | 13 | Sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics and involves riding and performing tricks on a narrow board with wheels |
| 26% | MAM | 3 | The org. that created outrage in 2015 by acquiring "Eggs Benedict", a portrait of the Pope made with colorful condoms (abbr.) |
| 26% | DOT | 3 | Mark that could be made by the tip of a pencil |
| 26% | KEN | 3 | ___ Griffey, Jr. (Baseball Hall-of-Famer inducted with a then-record 99.3 per cent of the vote in 2016) |
| 25% | LEIS | 4 | May 1 was a day chosen by Don Blanding, then of the Honolulu Star Bulletin, in 1927 for a celebration of these |
| 25% | CAR | 3 | "I'm In Love With My ___," 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album "A Night at the Opera" |
| 25% | STOPCOPCITY | 11 | Georgia protest movement from which dozens of activists were charged with racketeering, in a move condemned by the A.C.L.U. (September, 2023) |
| 25% | HOWDO | 5 | Greeting that might be made with a tip of the hat |
| 25% | BEARUP | 6 | Laugh in the face of being strangled by a gorilla, maybe |
| 25% | ACID | 4 | It should be handled with care in a lab |
| 25% | SOAP | 4 | It may be in a dish by the sink |
| 25% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 25% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 24% | ANS | 3 | It may be filled in with a No. 2 pencil |
| 24% | POMPOM | 6 | It may be waved from the top of a pyramid |
| 24% | HOPE | 4 | "___ is the thing with feathers," poem by Emily Dickinson with the line "...It asked a crumb of me." |
| 24% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sung by Pat Boone |
| 24% | SAND | 4 | "Love Letters in the ___," song with an ocean-related word in the title, a version of which was sang by Pat Boone |
| 24% | SALT | 4 | It might be put on the rim of a margarita glass |
| 24% | MEN | 3 | What was "raining" in a 1982 megahit by the Weather Girls |
| 24% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 24% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | Actor who made a cameo in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by playing the role of Blake, the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PROSHOP | 7 | What might be in trouble if it's out of the woods? |
| 24% | ASL | 3 | What might be seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |