| 100% | RICHARD | 7 | With 38-Across, exercise guru known for "Sweatin' to the Oldies" |
| 44% | KATHRYN | 7 | With 38-Across, the only woman to win the Best Director Oscar (for "The Hurt Locker") |
| 42% | BILLYBLANKS | 11 | Exercise guru known for inventing Tae Bo: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FOUROUT | 7 | With 38-Across, games required to win the World Series |
| 39% | JACKLALANNE | 11 | Exercise guru known as the Godfather of Fitness: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SIXTHSENSE | 10 | Term for telepathy, psychometry, clairvoyance or the ability to know when the dog's sneaked off with my slippers |
| 37% | IRIS | 4 | Hit song for the Goo Goo Dolls with the repeated line "I just want you to know who I am" |
| 37% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 36% | KARA | 4 | With 24 Across, artist known for her silhouette work |
| 36% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 35% | SLICED | 6 | With 38-Across, deli purchase ... or a description of the answer to 17-, 26-, 47- or 55-Across |
| 35% | BEAUTY | 6 | With 33-Down, where to go for the ends of 16-, 20-, 40-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 35% | KETANJI | 7 | With 38- and 43-Across, the first Black woman and first former federal public defender confirmed to the Supreme Court (April, 2022) |
| 35% | LEA | 3 | Actress Thompson known for her role in "Back to the Future" |
| 35% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 35% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 35% | WELL | 4 | With 38-Across, desiring happiness for someone |
| 35% | MED | 3 | With 38-Across, institution for future doctors |
| 35% | BOWLS | 5 | With 38-Across, knocks the socks off |
| 35% | NARDWUAR | 8 | Eccentric Canadian interviewer known for beginning with the question "Who are you?" |
| 35% | HUMANLEAGUE | 11 | Band known for 1981's "Don't You Want Me," with The |
| 35% | DAISYBATES | 10 | Civil rights leader known for her work with the Little Rock Nine |
| 34% | DALMATIA | 8 | Croatian region perhaps best known for its contribution to the animal kingdom |
| 34% | SNOW | 4 | With 19-Across, place for kids to play in the winter |
| 34% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 34% | THEUNIVERSITYOF | 15 | With 66 Across, the (luckily for us) hard-to-get-to site of the P.D.Q. Bach Museum |
| 34% | INDEPENDENCE | 12 | What the battle led to, for 37 Across |
| 34% | THATSWHAT | 9 | With 38-Across, "You know I got you!" |
| 34% | AROUNDTHE | 9 | With 38-Across, what the highlighted squares suggest |
| 34% | BRIM | 4 | "Fill it to the rim with ___" (old marketing line for a coffee brand) |