| 100% | PEACH | 5 | With 7-Across, Heart of Dixie's neighbor to the east |
| 46% | TONGA | 5 | Fiji's neighbor to the east |
| 46% | IOWA | 4 | Nebraska's neighbor to the east |
| 46% | MALI | 4 | Senegal's neighbor to the east |
| 44% | ROCK | 4 | With 7-Across, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 43% | DAKOTAS | 7 | Minnesota's neighbors to the west, with "the" |
| 43% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 43% | NORTH | 5 | With 7-Across, top of the world? |
| 42% | NIMBUS | 6 | With 7-Across, sources of the circled words |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | With 7-Across, like the Godhead, to some believers |
| 42% | LIVE | 4 | With 7-Across, be in the lap of luxury |
| 41% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, the sound of rain or a whirring fan |
| 41% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, building on the back of a $20 bill |
| 40% | CANADA | 6 | United States of America's neighbor to the north |
| 40% | MEXICO | 6 | United States of America's neighbor to the south |
| 39% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 39% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 39% | ALABAMA | 7 | The Heart of Dixie |
| 38% | ALA | 3 | State to the east of Mississippi: Abbr. |
| 38% | MAURITIUS | 9 | Tiny island to the East of Madagascar |
| 38% | MALI | 4 | African country to the east of Mauritania |
| 38% | TIVOLI | 6 | Town in Lazio, Italy, to the east of Rome containing the remains of Hadrian's villa |
| 38% | ALA | 3 | The Heart of Dixie: Abbr. |
| 38% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 38% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 38% | CITATION | 8 | With 62-Across, Wikipedia tag on unsourced statements... or what's required to make sense of the starred clues |
| 37% | VOLODYMYR | 9 | With 27 Across, Time's Person of the Year of 2022 |
| 37% | END | 3 | *"As the night came to an ___, they gathered by the fireplace, holding hands, with hearts full of gratitude..." |
| 37% | YOU | 3 | With 39-Across, answer to the question "Who's the solver of this puzzle?" |
| 37% | RED | 3 | With 7-Across, flight option that saves money at the expense of sleep |