| 100% | HAVINGAGOODTIME | 15 | With 34-, 43- and 58-Across, message on a tourist's postcard |
| 47% | DUETOBUDGETCUTS | 15 | With 34-, 40- and 60-Across, a somber message for our loyal fans |
| 39% | FAIRASASTARWHEN | 15 | With 34-Across and 48-Across, Wordsworth lines on Lucy |
| 39% | GENDER | 6 | With 43-Across, something that escapes certain categories, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | RACHEL | 6 | With 34-Across, MSNBC host of a nightly news and opinion show |
| 38% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 37% | DONTBEGIN | 9 | With 40- and 60-Across, a cautionary message |
| 37% | ALAN | 4 | With 34-Across, actor who played chief surgeon Hawkeye Pierce on "M*A*S*H" |
| 37% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 37% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 36% | NICOLE | 6 | With 34-Across, actress who starred in two miniseries based on "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across |
| 36% | SIGNALING | 9 | . . . on a football field, with 45 Across |
| 36% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub ... or a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 36% | IFORGOTTOWRITE | 14 | With 34-Across, a child's 12/24 lament |
| 35% | STICKY | 6 | With 58-Across, predicament, and a description of both halves of the starred answers |
| 35% | LETSSEEWHATS | 12 | With 90 Across, the most famous line heard on Let's Make a Deer? |
| 35% | CLOCKWORK | 9 | Epitome of precision … or a description of 20-, 34- and 43-Across? |
| 35% | WHATSTHEMATTER | 14 | Question of concern, with a hint to 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 35% | MARSHA | 6 | Actress Mason with a recurring role on Netflix's "Grace and Frankie" |
| 35% | SHONDA | 6 | With 34-Across, creator and producer of "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 35% | ANTS | 4 | ___ on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins) |
| 35% | VIA | 3 | "Through," on a tourist's itinerary |
| 35% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 35% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 34% | ANTS | 4 | ___ on a log (popular kiddie snack with celery and raisins) |
| 34% | AXIAL | 5 | Rotation on a graph with X and Y lines |
| 34% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | "You ___ here" (message on a tourist map) |
| 34% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 34% | ITSGOTAGOODBEAT | 15 | With 38- and 59-Across, typical opinion about a record on 40-/14-Across |