| 100% | FORTUNE | 7 | With 41- and 48-Across, what 56-Across declared while approaching the eruption of 20-Across |
| 47% | EMPTYCALORIES | 13 | What many junk foods contain ... with a hint to the initials of 17-, 25-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 44% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 41% | CONTROLGROUP | 12 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
| 41% | BEAUTY | 6 | With 33-Down, where to go for the ends of 16-, 20-, 40-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 40% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Estimates, and what the last parts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across are, in different ways |
| 40% | NOTONMYWATCH | 12 | "I forbid this" … or what a smart device wearer might claim regarding the ends of 20-, 30-, 40- and 48-Across? |
| 40% | SYNS | 4 | Roget offerings (abbr.) ... or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 40% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature who might disagree with the saying at the ends of 17-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 40% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 40% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 40% | FIVEGUYS | 8 | Hamburger franchise, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 24-, 30-, 41-, and 48-Across |
| 40% | NBA | 3 | Org. whose only members with nonplural names appear at the ends of 17-, 25-, 41- and 56-Across |
| 40% | SIDEEFFECT | 10 | Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 39% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 39% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 38% | INHALINGFOOD | 12 | What the ends of 20-, 36- and 43-Across suggest |
| 38% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 38% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 38% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| 38% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | PITS | 4 | What 20-, 41-, and 56-Across all have |
| 37% | ASSETMANAGER | 12 | Adviser concerned with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across |
| 37% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 37% | FREECLIMB | 9 | What 15- and 48-Across did to reach the top of the cliff: Hyph. |
| 37% | NEAR | 4 | With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together |
| 37% | THECHIPMUNKS | 12 | Singing group suggested by the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 37% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 37% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |