| 100% | NARY | 4 | Word that runs "a one" into "none", often heard in the Ozarks or Appalachia |
| 38% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 36% | IDOS | 4 | Words that leave one in a bind? |
| 36% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 36% | ALFA | 4 | Word that represents A in the phonetic alphabet |
| 36% | RAH | 3 | Apparently yelled pep rally word used often in crosswords but that I've never actually heard at a pep rally |
| 35% | ROSY | 4 | Word that describes a red apple or one's cheek |
| 35% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 35% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 35% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |
| 35% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 34% | SKI | 3 | In the sports world, word that can follow "jet," "water," or "snow" |
| 34% | DING | 4 | Word that precedes "Dong" or follows "Ring" in the snack cake aisle |
| 34% | NEWS | 4 | Word that has a backronymic false etymology rooted in the cardinal directions |
| 34% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 34% | AMEND | 5 | Modify, as the Constitution... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 34% | FOR | 3 | Word often seen in the lower left corner of a check |
| 34% | EGRET | 5 | A white heron, often found in the wetlands or near marshes |
| 34% | SCIENTIST | 9 | Often works in a lab or in the field |
| 34% | SANTAANA | 8 | City in Orange County, or the often congested freeway that runs through it |
| 34% | VON | 3 | Word that precedes Bismarck in a German surname or Trapp in an Austrian surname |
| 34% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 34% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 33% | RONI | 4 | Food product word that often has a cable car in its "o" |
| 33% | UFO | 3 | Item in the sky that could figure into a conspiracy theory: Abbr. |
| 33% | SHELL | 5 | Souvenir found in the sand that one may collect as a hobby |
| 33% | TRAPDOOR | 8 | A flap opening in a ceiling or into the floor |
| 33% | JOG | 3 | A short run often done in the morning |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 33% | BIAS | 4 | In the game of bowls, a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl |