| 100% | THEWORLDIS | 10 | With 26-Down, words to a young person showing great promise |
| 40% | WALKOFF | 7 | With 26-Down, dramatic end to a game |
| 39% | OFFTHE | 6 | With 26-Down, "No running" to a newspaper reporter |
| 38% | BECALM | 6 | Words to a jittery person |
| 37% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 37% | ISWEAR | 6 | A promise not to, with 2 Down |
| 36% | BREAD | 5 | *Primary sandwich ingredient ... or a word used with 38d to mean a person's livelihood |
| 36% | YOUREUPEARLY | 12 | Words to a person who's awake for sunrise |
| 35% | WHATEVERYOUSIGH | 15 | Dismissive words to a wistful person? |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 26-Across, last words of a story |
| 34% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | DEAR | 4 | Common word to start a letter with |
| 34% | REALTOR | 7 | Person with lots to show |
| 33% | REALTOR | 7 | Person with lots to show you? |
| 33% | EASY | 4 | Word used to calm people down |
| 33% | COSTAR | 6 | Person to split a bill with |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | People with a namesake Great Lake |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Words with a ring to them? |
| 33% | ISAIDYES | 8 | Words with a ring to them? |
| 33% | NARRATORS | 9 | People with a story to tell |
| 33% | HOBO | 4 | Word for a homeless person which rhymes with "Lobo" |
| 33% | PLEDGEE | 7 | Person to whom a promise is made |
| 33% | MASTER | 6 | A person with great skill or proficiency |
| 33% | LINGUIST | 8 | Person who has a way with words? |
| 33% | MARRYME | 7 | Words with a nice ring to them? |
| 33% | HIMOM | 5 | Words with a wave to the camera |
| 33% | WHOA | 4 | Word said to slow down a horse |
| 33% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a cocktail |
| 33% | BREAD | 5 | "The Walking ___," swap "Dead" with a rhyming word to get an apocalyptic TV show where people flee from rising bakery loaves |
| 33% | DYSTOPIC | 8 | Relating to a state with very bad conditions for people |