| 100% | WOOWOOWOO | 9 | With 80 Across, what it's like after a meeting of the Curly Fan Club? |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 35% | MAKEMEFEEL | 10 | Single from 32-Across with the lyric "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 34% | WHITE | 5 | With 7-Across, the sound of rain or a whirring fan |
| 34% | TURNRED | 7 | What the focus of a 125-Across will do at its climax |
| 34% | CASTING | 7 | With 146-Across, what the center of this puzzle is doing during a 125-Across |
| 32% | BLT | 3 | It's like a club sandwich without the cold cuts, for short |
| 32% | POSTHOCERGOPROPTERHOC | 21 | What's more, one of those friends won the lottery right after solving it — coincidence? I think not! |
| 32% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 32% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 31% | KLING | 5 | With 19-Across, its high council meets in the Great Hall of the First City |
| 31% | MENSA | 5 | Group with a meeting of the minds? |
| 31% | PACE | 4 | It's what the lead car at the start of a NASCAR race sets |
| 31% | ARAL | 4 | With 45-Across, what was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water |
| 31% | XANDY | 5 | With 30-Across, what most numbers in the clues of this year's puzzles represent |
| 31% | FACECARD | 8 | It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter |
| 31% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 30% | SHOO | 4 | It's said with a wave of the hand |
| 30% | ACHOO | 5 | It's said with a snap of the head |
| 30% | BAYONET | 7 | “It’s either that or meet the business end of a ___” (“Hamilton” lyric) |
| 30% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows what it's like to be the bad man," according to a 1971 hit by the Who |
| 30% | WILLY | 5 | With 35-Across, the lead role in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" |
| 30% | JELLY | 5 | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 30% | ROWA | 4 | It’s nearest to the front of a stage |
| 30% | TITLE | 5 | It’s often on the spine of a book |
| 30% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, former member of the duo with Ike who is known for her solo hits like "What's Love Got To Do with It" and "Private Dancer" |
| 30% | STEEP | 5 | Like the sides of a 49-Across |
| 30% | THREE | 5 | With the circled letters, a literal depiction of what you need to win tic-tac-toe? |
| 30% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |