| 100% | ADWAR | 5 | What Pepsi and Coke engage in, from time to time |
| 45% | STRIGIL | 7 | Small curved metal instrument used in ancient times to scrape dirt and sweat from the body |
| 44% | ERUPT | 5 | What volcanoes do from time to time |
| 44% | BACKWARDDAY | 11 | Time to do things out of order, or what appears in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across |
| 41% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | Act in an uninhibited way, and what to do three times in this grid |
| 41% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |
| 40% | FIFTH | 5 | What's taken in some court proceedings, and also (in two ways) from the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 40% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 38% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 38% | PAIL | 4 | What Jack and Jill went to fetch water in |
| 38% | ELOPE | 5 | What Romeo and Juliet planned to do in Mantua |
| 38% | NOW | 3 | ___ and again (from time to time) |
| 38% | RIVAL | 5 | What Coke is to Pepsi |
| 38% | TVCAMERA | 8 | What sitcom stars and reporters stand in front of to be recorded: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WINDAWATCHAPLAYAPRANK | 21 | Set time / Go to theater / Engage in tomfoolery |
| 38% | SUBSTITUTEGOODS | 15 | Coke and Pepsi, to each other |
| 38% | ZOO | 3 | It's time to explore the beautiful place you're in, what are you visiting? Schedule your day! (1/3) Place to see lions and pandas |
| 37% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 37% | EVERY | 5 | ___ now and then (from time to time) |
| 37% | THEN | 4 | "Every now and ___" (from time to time) |
| 37% | RCCOLA | 6 | Alternative to Coke and Pepsi |
| 37% | ANA | 3 | She acted opposite Daniel in “No Time to Die” and “Knives Out” |
| 36% | ONCE | 4 | ___ in a while (from time to time) |
| 36% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | OCCASIONALLY | 12 | From time to time |
| 36% | OCCASIONAL | 10 | From time to time |
| 36% | ONOCCASION | 10 | From time to time |
| 36% | RHYTHM | 6 | What drummers have in order to play in time |
| 36% | AMALGAMATE | 10 | What America Online and Time Warner did in 2000 |