| 100% | SPLICEDGENES | 12 | What 20-, 27- and 41-Across contain, in a manner of speaking |
| 50% | SOTOSAY | 7 | In a manner of speaking |
| 50% | ASITWERE | 8 | In a manner of speaking |
| 50% | ASWESAY | 7 | In a manner of speaking |
| 50% | SAY | 3 | In a manner of speaking |
| 50% | ORATORICAL | 10 | In a manner of speaking? |
| 49% | THEYMIGHTCRASH | 14 | What 20-, 34- and 41-Across have in common |
| 49% | AEGIS | 5 | Umbrella, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | RADAR | 5 | Perceptiveness, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | PERCH | 5 | Stool, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | STORAGE | 7 | Memory, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | DISUSING | 8 | Dropping, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | LEWD | 4 | Loose, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | SMALL | 5 | Peanuts, in a manner of speaking |
| 49% | RATE | 4 | Count, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | CUTONESLOSSES | 13 | Bailed out, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | MAZE | 4 | London streets, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | RRR | 3 | School basics, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | RRR | 3 | Classroom basics, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | DIALECT | 7 | Citadel changed, in a manner of speaking |
| 48% | RASPIEST | 8 | Most rough, in a manner of speaking? |
| 48% | PEPPERONIPIZZAS | 15 | Meat pies, in a manner of speaking |
| 47% | ACCIDENT | 8 | Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking |
| 45% | CROSSEDABEAR | 12 | Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle |
| 45% | RUNINCIRCLES | 12 | Waste one's time ... or what 20-, 27- and 42-Across contain? |
| 44% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 44% | KINDA | 5 | ___ sorta (in a manner of speaking) |
| 43% | SWIM | 4 | Thick of things, in a manner of speaking |
| 43% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "What's your hurry?" ... and a literal hint to what's hiding in 20-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 43% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |