| 100% | ANE | 3 | What the 1939 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" completely lacks |
| 34% | PITY | 4 | What the hardhearted lack |
| 34% | PRECISENESS | 11 | What the blunderbuss lacked |
| 34% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 34% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Icebreaking party game ... or what can follow the last words of 18-, 28-, and 50-Across |
| 34% | AWARENESS | 9 | What the absent-minded lack |
| 33% | ARMS | 4 | What the Venus de Milo lacks |
| 33% | LEFTEYE | 7 | What the jack of spades lacks |
| 33% | YEAST | 5 | What the Jewish bread matzo lacks |
| 33% | YES | 3 | What the Spanish word "si" means |
| 33% | YES | 3 | What the Russian word "da" means |
| 33% | YES | 3 | What the French word "oui" means |
| 33% | YES | 3 | What the Spanish word "sí" means |
| 33% | YES | 3 | What the German word "ja" means |
| 33% | TOELECT | 7 | What the French word elire means |
| 33% | LION | 4 | What the Swahili word simba means |
| 33% | THOSE | 5 | What the Spanish word "esos" means |
| 33% | HELLO | 5 | What the French word "bonjour" means |
| 33% | WITH | 4 | What the Portuguese word "com" means |
| 33% | EMCEE | 5 | What the last Oscar telecast lacked |
| 33% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 32% | EROTICART | 9 | What the original Kama Sutra lacked, surprisingly |
| 32% | RHYME | 5 | What the puzzle's keywords each lack |
| 32% | HOSTS | 5 | What the 2019 and 2020 Oscars lacked |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | What the German word "eins" means in English |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | What the Spanish word "uno" means in English |
| 32% | CHEESE | 6 | What the Spanish word queso means in English |
| 32% | YES | 3 | What the French word "oui" means in English |
| 32% | YES | 3 | What the Greek word nai means in English |
| 32% | YES | 3 | What the Spanish word "sí" means in English |