| 100% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 37% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 37% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 34% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 34% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 32% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 31% | THE | 3 | With 71-Across and each answer to a starred clue, all of it |
| 31% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Trial run for a new restaurant, and what 16-, 25-, 34- and 51-Across all have |
| 31% | LEAN | 4 | With 51-Across, Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 30% | MAKELIKEA | 9 | With 63- and 65-Across, go away as a soda jerk might? |
| 30% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 30% | OSCAR | 5 | (With 13-Across) "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" |
| 30% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 30% | RELO | 4 | It might be needed for a new job, informally |
| 29% | MODESTY | 7 | It might go with a miniskirt |
| 29% | JOKE | 4 | It may begin with a buildup |
| 29% | SRI | 3 | With 28-Down, its flag has a lion holding a sword |
| 29% | HAUNTED | 7 | With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down |
| 29% | IDEA | 4 | It might begin with a "What if ...?" |
| 29% | FIREDRILL | 9 | It might begin with a false alarm |
| 29% | AREEL | 5 | It might go fishing with A- Rod? |
| 29% | SCIENCENTER | 11 | It might have a theater and planetarium |
| 29% | JOKE | 4 | It may begin with a "knock knock" |
| 29% | KNIFE | 5 | It goes with a fork and spoon |
| 29% | WINDOW | 6 | "Gone with the ___," how a classic film fan might name their drapes and curtains store |
| 29% | TOP | 3 | With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 29% | YARN | 4 | A knitter might have a ball with it |
| 29% | OPTICALILLUSION | 15 | It might have you both coming and going |
| 29% | STORY | 5 | It usually has a beginning, middle, and end |
| 29% | SHOE | 4 | It may have a lace and a tongue |