| 100% | AWAIST | 6 | With 22- and 126-Across, saying about the difficulty of dieting? |
| 46% | ALLFORONE | 9 | With 15- and 22-Across, catchphrase of the Three Musketeers |
| 45% | LETSUNPACKTHAT | 14 | Therapist's statement, or what can be said about the first parts of 20-, 28-, and 46-Across? |
| 45% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature who might disagree with the saying at the ends of 17-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 42% | BUTDOCTOR | 9 | With 14 and 19 Across, punchline of a joke about a clown |
| 40% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 39% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 39% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 39% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | THISISNOTADRILL | 15 | "Remember your training, people!," and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across |
| 38% | XBOXLIVE | 8 | Service for playing Call of Duty in real time with someone across the country, say |
| 38% | WHATSHOLDING | 12 | "It's the purpose of hooks and thumbtacks" (with 118 Across) |
| 38% | FOLDTHROUGHEACH | 15 | With 67- and 97-Across, second part of the instructions |
| 38% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 38% | CROSS | 5 | The David of "Mr. Show with Bob and David" |
| 38% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, "Yummy" singer who won the Pop Album of the Year Juno in 2011 and 2016 |
| 37% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 37% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 37% | STEP | 4 | Bit of "Dancing with the Stars" choreography, say |
| 37% | FUNNYGIRL | 9 | 1964 Broadway musical about the life and career of 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 37% | ANT | 3 | About which the Bible says "Consider her ways, and be wise" |
| 37% | JACK | 4 | With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk |
| 37% | FIRST | 5 | With 9-Across, part one of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines |
| 37% | KAL | 3 | With, 42-Down, co-star of the "Harold and Kumar" films |
| 37% | HILL | 4 | "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph ___," documentary about a homeless musician and his bond with a flock of wild parrots |
| 37% | CARDIGAN | 8 | Hit single from 15-Across with the lyrics "You put me on and said I was your favorite" |
| 37% | THECOIN | 7 | Saying about opposites, "the other side of __" |
| 37% | THEWETNESS | 10 | With 22 Across, regular use of deodorant? |
| 37% | LETMEBEFRANK | 12 | "In all honesty, ... " and what the starts of 20-, 27-, and 44-Across might say? |