| 100% | HOSTS | 5 | What the 2019 and 2020 Oscars lacked |
| 49% | KEYS | 4 | 2019 and 2020 Grammys host, or what she plays |
| 49% | EMCEE | 5 | What the last Oscar telecast lacked |
| 45% | WETTER | 6 | What the Dakotas, Minnesota and Michigan all were in 2019, weatherwise |
| 43% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 43% | MVP | 3 | What Patrick Mahomes was for the 2020 and '23 Super Bowls |
| 41% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | YEARS | 5 | 2019 and 2020, for example |
| 40% | YRS | 3 | 2019 and 2020, for example: Abbr. |
| 40% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 39% | PRECISENESS | 11 | What the blunderbuss lacked |
| 39% | PITY | 4 | What the hardhearted lack |
| 38% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 37% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 37% | ARMS | 4 | What the Venus de Milo lacks |
| 37% | LEFTEYE | 7 | What the jack of spades lacks |
| 37% | YEAST | 5 | What the Jewish bread matzo lacks |
| 37% | EROTICART | 9 | What the original Kama Sutra lacked, surprisingly |
| 37% | HOPEFORAREMATCH | 15 | What the boxers and fans now do |
| 37% | URANIAN | 7 | What the moons Ariel and Oberon are |
| 37% | ORDINARYINCOME | 14 | What the IRS calls salaries and bonuses |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | What the Hatter and the March Hare drank |
| 36% | RACE | 4 | What the tortoise and the hare participated in |
| 36% | DRAWALEVELAWARD | 15 | What the tipsy Oscar artist couldn't do? |
| 36% | PSYCHE | 6 | What the ego and id are part of |
| 36% | SPIN | 4 | What the earth and many political analysts do |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | What the bride and groom say: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AXIS | 4 | What the abscissa and ordinate are measured from |
| 36% | GAS | 3 | What the sun and Sunoco have in common |
| 36% | AWARENESS | 9 | What the absent-minded lack |