| 100% | MOTH | 4 | Word before "man" for a butterfly-like winged humanoid cryptid said to appear in Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| 26% | HERE | 4 | Word said while pointing to a map |
| 26% | TRY | 3 | Word repeated before "again," in a saying |
| 26% | TRY | 3 | Word repeated before ''again,'' in a saying |
| 26% | FOLDING | 7 | Word before "chair" to mean a seating option for beaches or camping |
| 26% | PARDONME | 8 | Words said before a request for Grey Poupon |
| 26% | SIR | 3 | Word addressing to a man in a polite manner |
| 26% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 25% | BAA | 3 | Word said twice before "black sheep" in a nursery rhyme |
| 25% | ICE | 3 | Word said twice before "baby" in a 1990 rap classic |
| 25% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __, means getting to the point in few words |
| 25% | ERRS | 4 | Mispells a word, say, like in this clue |
| 25% | TIMEANDTIDE | 11 | They "wait for no man," in a saying |
| 25% | NESS | 4 | Loch ___ Monster, large mysterious cryptid said to inhabit the depths of a lake in the Scottish Highlands |
| 25% | ILLSUITED | 9 | Like a sledgehammer for tapping in a one inch nail, say |
| 25% | RAINYDAY | 8 | Time to set aside money for, in a saying |
| 25% | LOWE | 4 | Rob who appears in "A 'West Wing' Special to Benefit When We All Vote" |
| 25% | WINDY | 5 | Like a good day for someone to say "Go fly a kite!" |
| 25% | SRO | 3 | Like a show that's hard to get tickets for, in brief |
| 25% | STAR | 4 | A word for a performer, like what's in the sky |
| 25% | HALLEYSCOMET | 12 | *Celestial sight said to have been a good omen for William the Conqueror in battle |
| 24% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 24% | IDO | 3 | Words said just before a priest pronounces a couple man and wife: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 24% | NEWRIVERGORGE | 13 | West Virginia region known for white water rafting and rock climbing designated a 40-Across in 2020 (3 wds.) |
| 24% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 24% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 24% | LOOK | 4 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "Peep before you leap" |
| 24% | THINK | 5 | Change a word in this phrase to correct it! "Ponder before you speak" |
| 24% | PAC | 3 | Goes before Man for a circle-eating video game |