| 100% | ORARE | 5 | Words often applied to 93-Across |
| 52% | FORSAKE | 7 | Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across |
| 50% | GOAT | 4 | Acronym often applied to Simone Biles |
| 49% | CLEFTCHIN | 9 | Facial description often applied to Kirk Douglas |
| 48% | WAXES | 5 | They're often applied to cars after car washes |
| 47% | ORANGE | 6 | Word often said to lack a rhyme |
| 47% | AND | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter |
| 47% | DADDY | 5 | Slang term often applied to Idris Elba and Jeff Goldblum |
| 47% | GOAT | 4 | Superlative acronym often applied to Serena Williams or Wayne Gretzky |
| 47% | HIMOM | 5 | Words often mouthed to a camera (2 wds.) |
| 47% | UTILIZE | 7 | Word often considered a pretentious alternative to “use” |
| 47% | FOR | 3 | Word often shortened to a numeral in texts |
| 46% | COLORED | 7 | Applied 40 Across to |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to one letter in text messages |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | Word often abbreviated to its middle letter, in texts |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | Word often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 46% | ARE | 3 | Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts |
| 46% | YOU | 3 | Word often shortened to its last letter by texters |
| 44% | SHOO | 4 | Word used to frighten away birds, often |
| 43% | HOMETEAM | 8 | Words often replaced when singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 42% | NOWIKNOWMYABCS | 14 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across |
| 42% | TWINKLETWINKLE | 14 | Words sung to the beginning of 41-/39-Across |
| 42% | AYE | 3 | Word often accompanying 54-Across |
| 42% | BYTE | 4 | Word often prefixed with kilo- |
| 42% | ESTER | 5 | Word often preceded by poly- |
| 41% | DIBS | 4 | Word often used by Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" to lay first claim |
| 40% | ORELSE | 6 | Words often accompanied by a 45-Across |
| 39% | ODDS | 4 | Relationship often expressed with two numbers and the word to |
| 39% | ORALTRADITION | 13 | Culture passed from person to person, often through spoken word |
| 39% | STRIKETHAT | 10 | Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across |