| 100% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 39% | LITERARYCIRCLES | 15 | What 20-, 39- and 56-Across might travel in |
| 35% | STRONGPASSWORD | 14 | It may require letters, a number and a special character -- as seen in 20-, 33- and 39-Across |
| 35% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 35% | TWORHYMINGWORDS | 15 | With 27-, 39-, 46- and 62-Across, a brain teaser, whose answer appears in the circled squares |
| 34% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 34% | HEADSOFSTATE | 12 | Country leaders, and along with names in parentheses, a hint to 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 33% | HOTANDCOLD | 10 | How emotions may blow, and a hint to the switches in the theme answers |
| 33% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 32% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 39-Across, president who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863 |
| 32% | YOUMUSTBE | 9 | With 39- and 63-Across, a divorce lawyer's guarantee? |
| 32% | TOTASTE | 7 | How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe |
| 32% | AMESSAGEIN | 10 | With 38- and 56-Across, what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 32% | PINTO | 5 | Gallo ___, dish with rice and beans as a base that may be served with breakfast in Central America |
| 32% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 32% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 32% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | How 18-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across may be defined |
| 31% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 31% | WINDOW | 6 | "Gone with the ___," how a classic film fan might name their drapes and curtains store |
| 31% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 31% | CHIEFJUSTICE | 12 | With 39 and 44 Across, the most major magistrate |
| 31% | SUBTLY | 6 | How a clever and sneaky hint might be delivered |
| 31% | MAKELIKEA | 9 | With 63- and 65-Across, go away as a soda jerk might? |
| 31% | SILENT | 6 | ___ movies (8-, 20-, 39- and 57-Across, in a way) |
| 31% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 30% | PHILLISWHEATLEY | 15 | 18th-century poet (whose name shares a feature with 36- and 56-Across) |
| 30% | SIR | 3 | With 39-Across and 58-Down, response to a military command |
| 30% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 30% | EEL | 3 | Creature that might live in a 39-Across forest |
| 30% | LASTDANCE | 9 | 1978 Donna Summer hit … or a hint to 18-, 25-, 39- and 56-Across |