| 100% | FARDISTANTPLACE | 15 | What the Athabaskan word for the beginning of 33-Across means |
| 43% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 43% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 43% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 42% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 42% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 42% | SPELLITOUT | 10 | Leave no room for misinterpretation ... or what the first words of the answers to the five starred clues do, literally |
| 42% | NOWIKNOWMYABCS | 14 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across |
| 42% | TWINKLETWINKLE | 14 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across |
| 41% | STARTURN | 8 | Most heralded performance...or what the beginning of 13 Across may be? |
| 41% | CHARM | 5 | What "rizz," Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year, means |
| 41% | SEMEME | 6 | The word for what a basic linguistic unit means, as "not" for "un-" (when pluralized, it's a palindrome) |
| 41% | EMMY | 4 | What the “E” stands for in 33-Across |
| 41% | THUS | 4 | Word at the beginning of a conclusion |
| 41% | START | 5 | Word at the beginning of a maze |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | What one of the letters of 55-Across stands for |
| 40% | OWE | 3 | What the middle of 58-Across stands for |
| 40% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 40% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 40% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 40% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | What the last letter of 32-Across stands for |
| 40% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 39% | SHOWBIZ | 7 | Informal word for the world of celebrities |
| 39% | PESACH | 6 | Hebrew word for the holiday of Passover |
| 39% | OLFACTION | 9 | Another word for the sense of smell |
| 39% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Imitate, and what the last words of 18-, 26-, and 42-Across can do |
| 39% | ARR | 3 | What the last letter of 13-Across stands for: Abbr. |
| 39% | SYS | 3 | What the last letter of 55-Across stands for: Abbr. |
| 39% | EDEN | 4 | Garden setting for the beginning of "Good Omens" |