| 100% | CCV | 3 | Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta, which, as you undoubtedly know, started on a Tuesday |
| 38% | DVI | 3 | The year known at the time as the "Year of the Consulship of Messala and Dagalaiphus", to Latin speakers |
| 36% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 33% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 33% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 32% | NERO | 4 | His death sparked a civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 32% | TAKEITTOTHEBANK | 15 | "You can count on that!," and a hint to the starts of 16-, 25-, and 43-Across |
| 32% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 32% | SUNTAN | 6 | The kind of lotion you put on to avoid sunburn and get a 25a |
| 32% | PRAGUE | 6 | European capital which is known as the "City of a Hundred Spires" |
| 31% | HAND | 4 | Part of the body that feeds you, which you shouldn't bite as per a popular idiom |
| 31% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 30% | SUEME | 5 | Snide challenge which was also the name of a song on "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DATA | 4 | Facts and figures, or numbers. The kind of thing you would store on a hard drive |
| 30% | COLOSSALSQUID | 13 | A massive, tentacled sea creature that is one of the largest animals on the planet and is the largest known invertebrate: 2 wds. |
| 30% | AMBON | 5 | Island of the Moluccas, Indonesia, on which occurred a 1942 World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces |
| 30% | SOSA | 4 | Guy who started and ended as a Ranger but spent most of the time as a Cub |
| 30% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | On another level, or a clue to the starts of 3-, 4-, 11- and 27-Down |
| 29% | LAINEYWILSON | 12 | "Things a Man Oughta Know" singer chosen as one of six 2022 CMT Artists of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 29% | MEZCO | 5 | ___ Toyz, company that released a Wednesday Doll based on the Netflix series, which may remind you of the "Annabelle" doll |
| 29% | PRESLEY | 7 | The singer known as the King of Rock and Roll |
| 29% | PORTRAIT | 8 | "A ___ of the Artist as a Young Man," 1977 film directed by Joseph Strick which is based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 28% | KUDU | 4 | Beast that's a tribal totem of the Barolong and Batlhaping people of Southern Africa and known as a "tholo" in Tswana |
| 28% | CLIFF | 5 | Type of hotel which is located high above sea level and offer unobstructed panoramic views of the sea is known as ___ hotels |
| 28% | TOM | 3 | ___ Brady, NFL quarterback who suffered a major knee injury and went on to become the Comeback Player of the Year in 2009 |
| 28% | STEEPLE | 7 | The tower of a church on which a spire is found |
| 28% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 28% | ELVIS | 5 | Presley, known as the king of rock and roll |
| 28% | ELVIS | 5 | Presley known as the King of Rock and Roll |