| 100% | SUBTLE | 6 | With 74-Across, devious skill in politics? |
| 58% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 48% | MEANDER | 7 | With 74-Across, Like St. Petersburg in 1914, 1924 and 1991 * Drift aimlessly |
| 45% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 38-Across, unpublicized skill found in each set of circles |
| 45% | TACT | 4 | Skill in dealing with difficult issues |
| 45% | FINESSE | 7 | Skill in dealing with difficult situations |
| 41% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 41% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 41% | DOESNTKNOW | 10 | With 73 Across, is in ignorance regarding |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | With 74-Across, coastal flier |
| 40% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 40% | DERRY | 5 | With 11 Across, sitcom set in Northern Ireland |
| 40% | FISHOUT | 7 | With 49 Across, person in an unaccustomed environment |
| 40% | PAT | 3 | With 74-Across, gesture of approval |
| 39% | WHEREDIDWEGO | 12 | With 38 Across, 57 Across' lament in 46 Across |
| 39% | SIXTEENTH | 9 | With 54 Across, 38/40 Across' place in history |
| 39% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 39% | CLEVELAND | 9 | With 20 Across, baseball team name announced in July |
| 39% | PEANUT | 6 | With 34 Across, seller of small snacks in shells |
| 39% | BUGGY | 5 | With 14 Across, Volkswagen Beetle in a car game |
| 39% | KOFI | 4 | With 74-Across, U.N. chief Annan |
| 39% | FRENCHTOAST | 11 | Breakfast with bread soaked in 6 Across |
| 38% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 17 Across, justice who announced his retirement in 2022 |
| 38% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 38% | ESSO | 4 | With 58 Across, it can fill your tank in Toronto |
| 38% | SUNTAN | 6 | With 71 Across, what the people in this puzzle need? |
| 38% | AMAZON | 6 | Company with a major stake in 13 Across |
| 38% | LINA | 4 | With 25 Across, Federal Trade Commission chair appointed in June 2021 |
| 38% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
| 38% | TURKEYDINNERWITH | 16 | With 45 Across, what male foxes look forward to in November? |