| 100% | WASPS | 5 | With 64-Across, sight under the eaves, at times |
| 42% | VOICE | 5 | With 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 42% | CANONS | 6 | Pieces with the same melody starting at different times |
| 41% | MISTLETOE | 9 | The plant you kiss under at Christmas time |
| 41% | PRIDE | 5 | With 57-Across, time period honoring the group hinted at by the beginning of the starred clues |
| 40% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 40% | GARGOYLESWITH | 13 | With 50 Across, the least-ordered dish at Quasimodo's Restaurant? |
| 40% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 40% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 40% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe |
| 39% | PITTER | 6 | With 64-Across, sound of the circled words |
| 39% | HANGOUT | 7 | Spend time with friends at the mall, say: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OMNI | 4 | Prefix with "present" to mean everywhere at the same time |
| 38% | LIVE | 4 | With 64-Across, famous album recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit |
| 37% | LAKE | 4 | With 64 Across, water bordering Cleveland |
| 37% | ABEAUTIFULDAYIN | 15 | With 64 Across, 2019 Hanks film |
| 37% | FRANZ | 5 | With 64 Across, Hungarian composer/piano virtuoso |
| 37% | PRO | 3 | With 45-Across, for the time being |
| 37% | PRO | 3 | With 63-Across, for the time being |
| 37% | IHEARMENACHEM | 13 | With 102 Across, something Jimmy Carter probably never said at the Camp David talks in 1978? |
| 37% | ATTICS | 6 | Storage spaces under the eaves |
| 37% | LEFTRIGHT | 9 | With 64-Across, the political spectrum, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | Population at the time of 44-Across |
| 36% | EXPOS | 5 | Team with the best record in MLB at the time of the season-ending 1994 strike |
| 35% | CLEAR | 5 | With 64-Across, words that can precede the starts of 18-, 31-, 38- and 55-Across |
| 35% | ZONKED | 6 | Under the influence, with "out" |
| 35% | ACADEMY | 7 | With 16-Across, yearly ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre |
| 35% | JESSE | 5 | With 7-Across, track star at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
| 35% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |