| 100% | INA | 3 | What can precede heartbeat or nutshell |
| 59% | MIS | 3 | What can precede giving or taking |
| 57% | SKY | 3 | What can precede "rocket" or "scraper" in compound words |
| 46% | PSEUDO | 6 | What can precede the three starred answers |
| 42% | TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | 16 | Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? |
| 42% | UPON | 4 | What can follow follow, sneak or check |
| 42% | HALFANDHALF | 11 | Coffee creamer option, or what can precede both parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | OIL | 3 | What can be extracted from olives or coconuts |
| 42% | POPE | 4 | It can precede or follow Alexander |
| 42% | TIC | 3 | It can precede or follow tac |
| 41% | HAIR | 4 | What can be brushed or combed |
| 41% | ENDER | 5 | What can follow week or rear |
| 41% | ACNE | 4 | What can be treated with Oxy or Clean & Clear |
| 41% | ORNOT | 5 | It can precede or follow "to be" |
| 41% | LADIES | 6 | Word that can precede or follow "first" |
| 41% | RAT | 3 | Word that can precede or follow pack |
| 41% | DRY | 3 | Word that can precede or follow "run" |
| 41% | ICE | 3 | Word that can precede or follow pack |
| 41% | STEP | 4 | Word that can precede or follow "dance" |
| 41% | AUTO | 4 | It can precede "pilot" or "biography" |
| 41% | SNO | 3 | It can precede "cone" or "Caps" |
| 40% | HAIR | 4 | What can be styled into box braids or a Mohawk |
| 40% | MIXED | 5 | Word that can precede bag, drink, or media |
| 40% | WALL | 4 | Word that can precede "paper," "eye," or "flower" |
| 40% | ALL | 3 | Word that can precede good, for, or you |
| 40% | RIDE | 4 | What Uber or Lyft can provide |
| 40% | ITTAKESAVILLAGE | 15 | Child-raising aphorism ... and an explanation of what can precede the circled squares? |
| 39% | LOW | 3 | Synonym for “down” that can precede or follow “down” |
| 39% | GINGER | 6 | Spice that can precede "ale" or "beer" |
| 39% | LAWN | 4 | Word that can precede "mower" or "chair" |