| 100% | FROOT | 5 | With 71-Across, breakfast choice ... or a punny hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | ITS | 3 | With 40-Across, a chorus line ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | POP | 3 | With 45-Across, students' unwelcome surprise ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | INSIDE | 6 | With 71-Across, one way to think (with a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 57% | SEE | 3 | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | MARGIN | 6 | With 29-/30-Across, wiggle room ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | BIRD | 4 | With 41-Across, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | HOLYCOW | 7 | "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | GRAY | 4 | With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | LETTER | 6 | With 9-Across, post office mail slot ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 55% | BEQUIET | 7 | "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | FRESHPAIROFEYES | 15 | New look provider ... or a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | JACKIN | 6 | With 48-Down, children's toy ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | UMINUM | 6 | With 42-Down, home construction material ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | H2O | 3 | Fire fighter, familiarly … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | THIRDEYEBLIND | 13 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | GRANDCENTRAL | 12 | Famous place with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | ONAMARCH | 8 | Parading ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | ADDICT | 6 | Fiend … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | APART | 5 | Separate ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | CATCHINGSOMEZZ | 14 | Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | ELONGATE | 8 | Stretch ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme? |
| 53% | SIDESPLITTING | 13 | Hilarious ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | TRIO | 4 | Threesome ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | SIDENOTES | 9 | Marginalia … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | NATIONALPASTIME | 15 | Baseball ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | EMPTYBOXES | 10 | Moving aids, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | SWITCHJOBS | 10 | Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | SISTER | 6 | With 64 Across, Audre Lorde book... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |