| 100% | AYE | 3 | With 4-Across, what the pirate said on his 80th birthday, in a dad joke |
| 36% | GEOMETRY | 8 | What the acorn said when it grew up, in a classic math joke |
| 35% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 35% | ASKED | 5 | With 4-Across, sought information on, in a way |
| 33% | GERTIE | 6 | Name of duck with a 4 ft. tall sculpture on the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in Milwaukee |
| 32% | EXCUSEMEOFFICER | 15 | With 38- and 60-Across, what the man caught taking a dip in the reservoir said |
| 32% | NOREST | 6 | What the weary get, in a saying |
| 32% | AGE | 3 | What the candles on a birthday cake represent |
| 32% | WORM | 4 | What the early bird gets, in a saying |
| 31% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a birthday cake represents |
| 31% | AGE | 3 | What the number-shaped candles on a birthday cake represent |
| 31% | SUNTAN | 6 | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| 31% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 31% | ANTLERS | 7 | What The Grinch put on his dog to disguise him as a reindeer |
| 31% | AGE | 3 | What the number of candles on a birthday cake might represent |
| 31% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 31% | SIXWEEKS | 8 | With 33-Across, what is forecast if the title character in 14-Across sees his shadow: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NOREST | 6 | What the 52-Down have, in a saying |
| 30% | DAM | 3 | What the fish said when he ran into the wall, in an old joke |
| 30% | SPED | 4 | Was caught in a radar trap on the highway, say |
| 30% | AVOWS | 5 | Says with a hand in the air, perhaps |
| 30% | WINKAT | 6 | Let in on the joke, say |
| 30% | DAM | 3 | What the fish said when it swam into a concrete wall, per an old joke |
| 30% | AGE | 3 | What the number of spots on a ladybug represents, in a common misconception |
| 30% | BRAKE | 5 | With 4-Down, what may be cut to sabotage a car in movies |
| 30% | AISLE | 5 | Where a dad might walk with his daughter (walk down the ___) |
| 30% | RING | 4 | Item seen in a post with the caption "She said yes!" |
| 30% | YOUUSEDTOBECOOL | 15 | "What's with the dad jokes all of a sudden?" |
| 30% | PAUL | 4 | With 50-Across, "Ant-Man" actor who plays a murdered Hollywood actor on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 30% | DIKE | 4 | What the little Dutch boy stuck his finger in, in a kid's story |