| 100% | OOPS | 4 | With 55-Across, version of Cap'n Crunch with no corn squares ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme entries |
| 50% | SOFTANIMAL | 10 | With 62-Across, oft-quoted phrase from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | RUNSINCIRCLES | 13 | Makes no progress, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | TREERINGS | 9 | Indicators of age ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | BLIND | 5 | With 74- & 75-Across, "invisible" part of a distribution list ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | ARTCENTER | 9 | Place with a gallery, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | TWINFALLS | 9 | City of southern Idaho, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 22-Down, classic crime-movie line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | IBEFOREE | 8 | Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | KITTENONTHEKEYS | 15 | Novelty piano piece of 1921 ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | SECRET | 6 | With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | GENDER | 6 | With 43-Across, something that escapes certain categories, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Possible result of a marriage or gender transition, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | LEFTRIGHT | 9 | With 64-Across, the political spectrum, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | ENDOW | 5 | Support with funding, and, if reparsed, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 45% | THESOUNDOFMUSIC | 15 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | OPERATION | 9 | Classic kids' game involving removal of body parts ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | SCORINGPOINTS | 13 | Goal of most games (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 44% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 44% | MARGIN | 6 | With 29-/30-Across, wiggle room ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | MINDYOURPSANDQS | 15 | "Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | UPLIFTS | 7 | Elates, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | ADDED | 5 | Extra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 43% | INTHEDARK | 9 | Wild guess, and a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 43% | WWW | 3 | Internet letters, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | ITSGONNACOSTYOU | 15 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | EMCEE | 5 | Intro deliverer, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | EYESRIGHT | 9 | Marching command, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |