| 100% | LIKEABOSS | 9 | With confidence and authority, in slang |
| 51% | OLDS | 4 | Parents and grandparents, in slang, with "the" |
| 44% | HEP | 3 | With it, in old slang |
| 44% | HEP | 3 | With it, in dated slang |
| 44% | FUEGO | 5 | With "en," hot, in sports slang |
| 44% | HEP | 3 | With it, in last-century slang |
| 43% | INVEST | 6 | Provide with power and authority |
| 43% | ROPES | 5 | Ins and outs, with "the" |
| 42% | MOVETHECHAINS | 13 | Pick up first downs, in football slang ... with a visual interpretation seen inside the answers to 19-, 24-, and 42-Across |
| 42% | OLA | 3 | Suffix with boff, in old slang |
| 42% | DUDE | 4 | Guy, in Bill and Ted slang |
| 42% | ASUNDER | 7 | In bits and pieces, with "torn" |
| 41% | TUDEHELLDUDRUTH | 15 | [Sass, in slang + inferno + turkey + Babe with a bat] |
| 41% | OKE | 3 | Fine and dandy, in old slang |
| 41% | OKE | 3 | "Fine and dandy," in old slang |
| 41% | SNOGS | 5 | Kisses and cuddles, in British slang |
| 41% | SHOOK | 5 | Shocked and intimidated, in modern slang |
| 41% | SNOG | 4 | Kiss and cuddle, in British slang |
| 41% | SNOG | 4 | Kiss and caress, in British slang |
| 41% | SWEAR | 5 | Show confidence in, with "by" |
| 41% | CARBS | 5 | Potatoes and pasta, in slang |
| 41% | LIT | 3 | Exciting and excellent, in slang |
| 41% | CHEUGY | 6 | Dated and forced, in slang |
| 41% | PEEPS | 5 | Friends and associates, in slang |
| 41% | BASIC | 5 | Unoriginal and boring, in slang |
| 41% | BALLSY | 6 | Bold and brash, in slang |
| 41% | CHILL | 5 | Calm and mellow, in slang |
| 41% | REINING | 7 | Directing and controlling, with in |
| 41% | PREGGO | 6 | With child, in slang |
| 41% | HAND | 4 | Body part with fingers ... and something one uses to brush off imaginary dust from their shoulder in a gesture of confidence |