| 100% | NODRAMA | 7 | What most hope for in a relationship |
| 58% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | What one might hope for in a tight spot |
| 53% | VAUDEVILLESHOWS | 15 | What many people went to see for a night out on the town in the 1920s |
| 49% | ARO | 3 | Not interested in a relationship, for short |
| 49% | BOLD | 4 | What B stands for in a word processor |
| 49% | ADS | 3 | What many pages are in a fashion magazine |
| 49% | LIGHTWORK | 9 | What many hands make, in a saying |
| 48% | LOCALCOLOR | 10 | What many tourists hope to take in |
| 48% | AREA | 4 | What many a rug is made for |
| 47% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 47% | PIPEDREAM | 9 | What many a character in "The Iceman Cometh" expresses |
| 46% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 46% | ARO | 3 | Like one in a queerplatonic relationship, for short |
| 46% | DAMSEL | 6 | Woman hoping for a knight in shining armor |
| 46% | DEMS | 4 | Those hoping for a "blue wave" in Nov. |
| 46% | LISLE | 5 | What's in many a glove |
| 45% | NOOSE | 5 | What "N Is for" in a Sue Grafton title |
| 45% | BROMANCE | 8 | Relationship in many a Seth Rogen film |
| 45% | EXAM | 4 | What a student crams in preparation for |
| 45% | WIT | 3 | What "many a man hath more hair than," in Shakespeare |
| 45% | UNDERTOW | 8 | What "U Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 45% | INNOCENT | 8 | What "I Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 45% | HOMICIDE | 8 | What "H Is for," in a Sue Grafton book title |
| 44% | TUTU | 4 | What one might go for a spin in? |
| 44% | ONESTOPSHOP | 11 | What has a lot in store for you? |
| 44% | MED | 3 | Many a shot in the arm, for short? |
| 44% | CEDAR | 5 | Wood for many a hope chest |
| 44% | SITS | 4 | What a judge does for much of the day |
| 44% | INFO | 4 | What you would find in a FAQ, for short |
| 44% | SHIRE | 5 | Ending for many a county in Britain |