| 100% | LONG | 4 | Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | OWO | 3 | Surprised emoticon hidden in four of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | IOERROR | 7 | Computer glitch responsible for four of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | POTHOLES | 8 | Road hazards ... four of which are illustrated literally in this puzzle |
| 46% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | DOUBLENEGATIVE | 14 | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle’s clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |
| 45% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 45% | PUNCH | 5 | Word that completes four phrases in this puzzle |
| 44% | FORMLETTERS | 11 | Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) |
| 44% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 44% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 42% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 42% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 42% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 42% | SPOTIFY | 7 | With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle's long answers? |
| 42% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 42% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 42% | DND | 3 | Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | Number of Zs in this puzzle's answers |
| 41% | HEADTOTOE | 9 | Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 41% | THE | 3 | Word that appears in ten of this puzzle's clues |
| 41% | GREEKLETTERS | 12 | Contents of four answers found in this puzzle |
| 40% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 40% | FIREWALL | 8 | Network-security option . . . or what’s creating a barrier within four of this puzzle’s answers |
| 40% | SPOTREMOVER | 11 | Product used on four of this puzzle's clues |
| 40% | ROLLINGBLACKOUT | 15 | Temporary, controlled power shutdown … or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |