| 100% | MEAT | 4 | With 7-Across, whom a vegan might not want to date |
| 45% | FIFTEENFOOTPOLE | 15 | You might not want to touch something with this |
| 45% | DIPPER | 6 | Double-___ (person you might not want to share an appetizer with) |
| 42% | CRANEOPERATOR | 13 | Professional who might expect to do well with a 35-Across? |
| 41% | GALPAL | 6 | Whom a guy might hang with when he's not with the guys |
| 40% | HOLY | 4 | With 7-Across, what a father might sprinkle |
| 40% | BEST | 4 | With 52 Across, one who may give a wedding speech |
| 39% | LUCK | 4 | With 15 Across, party you might bring a dish to |
| 39% | GORYDET | 7 | Part of a story you might not want to know |
| 39% | CHISHOLM | 8 | With 7 Across, she who said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." |
| 39% | ENGEL | 5 | One with a halo to whom you might say "Hallo!" |
| 39% | MARIE | 5 | With 7-Across, first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 38% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 38% | GEAR | 4 | With 23-Across, one who might be excited to look under a hood |
| 38% | FRANZROMANSSOHN | 15 | With 96 Across, P.D.Q. Bach's portrait painter (who may or may not have had a partner named Lemmy O'Rears) |
| 38% | WRONG | 5 | With 7-Across, what might cause the GPS to say "calculating route" |
| 38% | BACKCHAT | 8 | What authority figures might not want to hear |
| 38% | PALM | 4 | With 132-Across, place to get a date |
| 37% | WATER | 5 | With 7-Across, it might be the tallest structure in a small town |
| 37% | SPOILERS | 8 | Parts of reviews you might not want to read |
| 37% | EXES | 4 | They may not want to run into each other |
| 37% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Where one might find a date ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | INLAW | 5 | Guest you might not want to stay for too long |
| 37% | SNOW | 4 | When it's driving, you might not want to drive |
| 37% | FBOMBS | 6 | People might not want to drop them in polite company |
| 37% | SORE | 4 | Like subjects that you might not want to bring up |
| 36% | JOLENE | 6 | Woman whom Dolly Parton pleads with not to take her man, in a 1973 hit |
| 36% | BUST | 4 | Word used with 6d to refer to a selected player who does not meet expectations |
| 36% | TROU | 4 | Something you might not want to drop in front of others |
| 36% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |