| 100% | JUSTBROWSING | 12 | "Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across |
| 61% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 46% | LETMEBEFRANK | 12 | "In all honesty, ... " and what the starts of 20-, 27-, and 44-Across might say? |
| 45% | LETSUNPACKTHAT | 14 | Therapist's statement, or what can be said about the first parts of 20-, 28-, and 46-Across? |
| 44% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 43% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 43% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 43% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 43% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" … or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across |
| 43% | OPPOSITEDAY | 11 | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 41% | ASSETMANAGER | 12 | Adviser concerned with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across |
| 41% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 41% | TITLE | 5 | With 66-Across, images played in silent films, and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 40% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 40% | HOWSWEETITIS | 12 | Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 40% | BILLYCLUB | 9 | Nightstick ... or what might form if the beginnings of 14-, 20-, 37- and 58-Across started paying dues? |
| 39% | HAMMEROUTAWIN | 13 | Work really hard for victory ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| 39% | IRON | 4 | Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 39% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 39% | LANDHO | 6 | What one might say when the coast is clear? |
| 39% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 39% | COW | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 39% | PIG | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 39% | DUCK | 4 | Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 39% | FARM | 4 | Place that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 39% | STOCKOPTIONS | 12 | Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across? |
| 39% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |
| 39% | RAINRAINGOAWAY | 14 | Start of a hopeful rhyme about bad weather, and a hint to what the first word of 16-, 24- and 46-Across may describe |
| 39% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across |