| 100% | FROMSEATO | 9 | With 86-Across, words by Katharine Lee Bates |
| 43% | TUNNEL | 6 | With 86-Across, fixation problem suggested by this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 36% | IPSO | 4 | With 39 Across, by its very nature |
| 35% | EINERECLINER | 12 | With 117 Across, songs to relax by? |
| 35% | ALL | 3 | With 86-Across, totally wrong |
| 35% | BATES | 5 | Katharine Lee —, poet who authored the words to anthem America the Beautiful |
| 35% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Activity associated with the word ladder formed by 1-, 10-, 70- and 72-Across |
| 34% | UNIVERSITY | 10 | With 56 Across, school founded by 39 Across |
| 34% | ROCKIN | 6 | With 16 Across, "___ the Christmas Tree" (Brenda Lee) |
| 34% | OUI | 3 | Word rhymed with "ami" by Lafayette in "Hamilton" |
| 34% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 34% | DWELL | 5 | Word rhymed with "hotel" by Elvis in "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| 33% | ETTU | 4 | Words associated with 53 Across |
| 33% | IMJUSTWILD | 10 | With 61 Across, 1948 campaign song by 20/59 Across |
| 33% | NATURAL | 7 | With 39-Across, subject of study represented literally by the words spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 33% | SHE | 3 | With 10-Down, gender identity words separated by a slash |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | Word that can be ''framed'' by the longest Across answers |
| 32% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 32% | ADEDICATEDFOLLOWER | 18 | With 84 Across, a 1966 song by the Kinks about Mussolini? |
| 32% | GLEAN | 5 | Word that rhymes with "clean" to mean gather bit by bit |
| 32% | PLEDGE | 6 | With 44- and 51-Across words by Francis Bellamy |
| 32% | WHERESTHAT | 10 | With 86-Across, his query after a sudden downpour |
| 32% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 32% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |
| 31% | PULL | 4 | Word by a door handle (with double letters) |
| 31% | DONTGIVEUP | 10 | With 62-Across, words of caution |
| 31% | MAMMA | 5 | With 93-Across, words of delight |
| 31% | EGGS | 4 | With 68-Across, words before "easy" |