| 100% | ICK | 3 | With "the," a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance |
| 40% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TAKETHEL | 8 | Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | GETUP | 5 | “What’s with the ___?” (question to a friend in an unusual outfit) |
| 36% | PIERCE | 6 | To make a hole in the skin with a sharp object |
| 36% | CHAFF | 5 | What to separate the wheat from, in a saying |
| 36% | SPECIALK | 8 | *Brand with the challenge to lose one inch from your waist in two weeks |
| 36% | EPCOTCENTER | 11 | Attraction in 69-Across designed to be a "city of the future" |
| 36% | LOUNGE | 6 | Room in Clue with a secret passage to the Conservatory |
| 36% | HUEY | 4 | Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future" |
| 36% | PARIS | 5 | "From hell to breakfast in ___," idiom with the French capital that means "go through a wide range of experiences" |
| 35% | CELLULOIDCLOSET | 15 | With “The,” 1995 documentary adapted from a book subtitled “Homosexuality in the Movies” |
| 35% | LUCY | 4 | One in the sky with diamonds, according to a Beatles song |
| 35% | KNEE | 4 | Body part touched to the ground in a modern form of protest |
| 35% | STUDY | 5 | Room in the game Clue with a secret passage to the kitchen |
| 35% | CITY | 4 | Location marked with a dot in the board game Ticket to Ride |
| 35% | REAR | 4 | Prefix with "guard" to mean the last part in a military force |
| 35% | DETAIL | 6 | "Attention to ___," complete the phrase with a word that ends in "ail" |
| 34% | STUDY | 5 | Room with a secret passage to the kitchen in the board game Clue |
| 34% | THEJOKER | 8 | Villain associated with a staircase in the Bronx, thanks to a 2019 movie |
| 34% | SNORING | 7 | Awkward sound to hear from the audience while one acts in a play |
| 34% | TETEBECHE | 9 | In philately, a joined pair of stamps printed with one inverted in relation to the other |
| 34% | CLUTCH | 6 | Device in a car that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox |
| 34% | JUMPSUITS | 9 | Garments similar to rompers … with a hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 34% | BRB | 3 | "I need to step away from the conversation for a second," in a text |
| 34% | SCHERZO | 7 | Brisk lively movement in music developed from the minuet, with a contrastive middle section |
| 34% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 34% | YEAROFTHEOX | 11 | 2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across |
| 34% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |