| 100% | MELT | 4 | What a 40-Across produces in the summer |
| 53% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 53% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 52% | SNOOZEBUTTON | 12 | What a late sleeper may use ... resulting in 19-, 31- and 40-Across? |
| 51% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 50% | DILATES | 7 | What a pupil does in the dark |
| 50% | YEAROFTHEOX | 11 | 2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across |
| 50% | HOT | 3 | Like a sauna or Sedona in the summer |
| 50% | COMA | 4 | What a conk on the head may produce |
| 50% | BONE | 4 | What a dog might bury in the yard |
| 50% | SHEDS | 5 | What a hairy dog does in the spring |
| 50% | STREAK | 6 | What a meteor looks like in the sky |
| 50% | ORDER | 5 | What a judge might seek in the court |
| 50% | OILCANS | 7 | What a gunman apparently "hated" in The Jerk |
| 50% | HAND | 4 | What a student might raise in the class |
| 50% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents in the comics |
| 50% | TREE | 4 | What a kid might climb in the backyard |
| 50% | TENT | 4 | What a "big top" is, in the circus |
| 50% | MELTS | 5 | What a snowman does in the hot sun |
| 50% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb signifies, in the cartoons |
| 50% | IDEA | 4 | What a light bulb represents, in the comics |
| 49% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod |
| 49% | FLATTIRE | 8 | What a fork in the road might lead to? |
| 49% | THAW | 4 | What a frozen turkey will do in the refrigerator |
| 49% | ESTIVATE | 8 | Spend the summer in a torpid state |
| 49% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 48% | SLED | 4 | What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod race |
| 48% | DONE | 4 | What a "R-r-r-ring!" in the kitchen signifies |
| 48% | DIE | 3 | What a laptop battery will do in the long run? |
| 48% | HOLE | 4 | What a jelly donut doesn't have in the middle |