| 100% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "I'll catch up!" ... or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across do? |
| 60% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 56% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 56% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 55% | LAUNDRYLIST | 11 | Extensive enumeration ... or what's formed by the ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 54% | SIDEEFFECT | 10 | Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 52% | MUSIC | 5 | What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make |
| 52% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 52% | FITTOBETIED | 11 | Really steamed ... or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are? |
| 52% | COMPUTERCOMPANY | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 27- and 48-Across each represent |
| 51% | CURRENCIES | 10 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are |
| 51% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 51% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Carry on the same way ... and what the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across do |
| 51% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 51% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |
| 51% | WINDQUARTET | 11 | Musical ensemble ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across comprise |
| 50% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 49% | ABOUTAFOOT | 10 | How tall Barbie is ... or what the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 47-Across are? |
| 49% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 49% | NATIONALS | 9 | D.C. baseball players … or what the ends of 17-, 21-, 39- and 55-Across sound like |
| 48% | HATTRICKS | 9 | Three-goals-in-one-game hockey scoring feats ... or what the ends of 17-, 28- and 46-Across are when they're rearranged? |
| 48% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 47% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 47% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 47% | BABYSTEPS | 9 | Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across |
| 47% | TURNONADIME | 11 | Change abruptly, or what the insides of 17-, 27- and 43-Across do? |
| 47% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 46% | DELIORDER | 9 | What the ends of 17-, 30-, and 49-Across spell |
| 46% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 46% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |