| 100% | TURNEDON | 8 | Wired, literally or figuratively |
| 76% | WELCOMED | 8 | Embraced, literally or figuratively |
| 72% | EEOFFTHEGAS | 11 | Slow down, literally or figuratively |
| 71% | ERR | 3 | Drop the ball, literally or figuratively |
| 71% | SCARRED | 7 | Suffering lasting effects, literally or figuratively |
| 71% | TAKEFLAK | 8 | Come under fire, literally or figuratively |
| 70% | INARUT | 6 | Spinning one's wheels, literally or figuratively |
| 70% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make easier to swallow, literally or figuratively |
| 70% | TENSE | 5 | In danger of snapping, literally or figuratively |
| 70% | ATSEA | 5 | Way to be lost, literally or figuratively |
| 68% | TEA | 3 | It can be piping hot, literally or figuratively |
| 68% | LENS | 4 | Way of looking at things, literally or figuratively |
| 62% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 61% | GRAPHIC | 7 | Like some novels, figuratively or literally |
| 50% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 46% | SEND | 4 | Wire or cable |
| 45% | ERRS | 4 | Drops the ball, literally or not |
| 45% | SENSEI | 6 | Literally, "teacher" or "master" |
| 45% | KNOT | 4 | Wire or shoelaces entanglement |
| 44% | TEA | 3 | It can be spilled literally or metaphorically |
| 44% | ALOHA | 5 | Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy" |
| 43% | CORDS | 5 | Strings or wires |
| 42% | ENFUEGO | 7 | Literally, "on fire" … or, metaphorically, excellent |
| 42% | CHAFE | 5 | Irritate, figuratively or not |
| 42% | SPY | 3 | Place bugs or wires |
| 42% | CABLE | 5 | Thick rope or wire |
| 41% | MAG | 3 | Time or Wired, for short |
| 41% | AFLOAT | 6 | Not sinking, financially or literally |
| 41% | LEFTBEHIND | 10 | Abandoned … or 25-Down, literally? |