| 100% | TWO | 3 | What the "bi" of "bicentennial" means |
| 71% | TUESDAY | 7 | What the "Mardi" of Mardi Gras means |
| 71% | FAT | 3 | What the "Gras" of Mardi Gras means |
| 71% | FAT | 3 | What the "gras" of "Mardi Gras" means |
| 71% | HORN | 4 | What the second half of "unicorn" means |
| 71% | ONE | 3 | What the first half of "unicorn" means |
| 67% | FARDISTANTPLACE | 15 | What the Athabaskan word for the beginning of 33-Across means |
| 67% | TWO | 3 | What the "bi" in bicycle means |
| 65% | ALEXA | 5 | "___, what is the meaning of life?" (modern query) |
| 65% | TWO | 3 | What the prefix "bi-" means |
| 64% | CHARM | 5 | What "rizz," Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, means |
| 62% | LIGHTNING | 9 | What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively |
| 61% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 60% | BACKCHANNEL | 11 | Covert means of communication ... or what's hiding in the circled letters? |
| 59% | THIS | 4 | "What is the meaning of ___?!" |
| 57% | EQUAL | 5 | What the "=" sign means |
| 57% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | President who probably wishes he never said, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is": 2 wds. |
| 56% | AGAINST | 7 | What the prefix "anti-" means |
| 56% | ROSE | 4 | What the name "Rhoda" means |
| 56% | TRILLION | 8 | What the prefix "tera-" means |
| 56% | TENTH | 5 | What the prefix deci- means |
| 56% | LOVER | 5 | What the suffix "-phile" means |
| 56% | TOED | 4 | What the suffix -dactylous means |
| 56% | FORMING | 7 | What the suffix "-genesis" means |
| 56% | BORNAGAIN | 9 | What the name "Renée" means |
| 56% | SIR | 3 | What the Portuguese "senhor" means |
| 56% | TEN | 3 | What the prefix "deca-" means |
| 56% | HALF | 4 | What the prefix "semi-" means |
| 56% | IMSAD | 5 | What the emoji 😥 may mean |
| 55% | OWN | 3 | What the "O" means in "BYOB" |