| 100% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Don't give up," and a suggestion that can apply to 17-, 25-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 48% | FUZZYMATH | 9 | It doesn't add up ... except as a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 45% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 44% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 43% | ATTACHE | 7 | Embassy staffer ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across? |
| 43% | NOELS | 5 | Seasonal songs ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 42% | ACASEOFTHEBLUES | 15 | Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across) |
| 42% | FOOTBALLMATCHUP | 15 | Bit of Sunday TV scheduling ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 59-Across |
| 41% | TECHBOOMS | 9 | Big times in Silicon Valley … or a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 41% | HOMEFRONT | 9 | Civilian activity site during wartime ... and what the end of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across can be |
| 40% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 40% | ALLTHUMBS | 9 | Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 40% | SPARE | 5 | Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 40% | FALSESTART | 10 | Gridiron infraction, and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 39% | TAKEITTOTHEBANK | 15 | "You can count on that!," and a hint to the starts of 16-, 25-, and 43-Across |
| 39% | WINWINSITUATION | 15 | Circumstance that's good for everyone ... with a hint to 17-, 25- and 44-Across |
| 39% | CAPTAIN | 7 | Title that can precede the starts of 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 39% | PACKANIMAL | 10 | Beast of burden, and a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 39% | JOBOPENING | 10 | Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 39% | BREAKTHEICE | 11 | Get a delicate dialogue started ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 38% | YOURROOTS | 9 | With 56-Across, hairstylist's observation (that also applies to 17-, 25- and 34-Across?) |
| 38% | BREAKITUPYOUTWO | 15 | Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? |
| 38% | FALSESTARTS | 11 | Reasons to begin a race over … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 38% | FIRSTDAUGHTER | 13 | Informal political title that could be applied to 15-, 17-, 46-, and 48-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FLAT | 4 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 38% | FRESHSTART | 10 | What a new year can give you ... or what 17-, 23-, 34-, and 49-Across can have? |
| 38% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | Actor's stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across |
| 37% | WORK | 4 | 2016 #1 hit for Rihanna, which can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 37% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | ANTEATER | 8 | Toothless termite hunter with a long nose and a tongue that can be up to 2-feet long |