| 100% | HAE | 3 | "Some __ meat and canna eat": start of the Selkirk Grace |
| 51% | HAE | 3 | "Some ___ meat and canna eat": Burns |
| 46% | COINFLIPS | 9 | Starts of some games ... and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48 and 56-Across? |
| 42% | MEDI | 4 | Start of the names of some health care plans |
| 41% | ONMYHONOR | 9 | Start of the Boy Scout Oath and the Girl Scout Promise |
| 40% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 39% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 39% | PLAY | 4 | (1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games? |
| 38% | EVE | 3 | She "took of the fruit thereof, and did eat" |
| 38% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 38% | CRAN | 4 | Start to the names of some juice blends |
| 37% | TIMOTHYLEARY | 12 | Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 37% | JUMPERS | 7 | Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 37% | PRIMECUTS | 9 | The starts of 18-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |
| 37% | THALIA | 6 | Name shared by one of the Graces and one of the Muses |
| 37% | ELMO | 4 | Pal of the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 37% | MIROS | 5 | Some works at MoMA and the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 37% | OMOPHAGIA | 9 | Term for the practice of eating raw meat |
| 37% | LOIN | 4 | Cut of meat between the blade and leg |
| 37% | BELL | 4 | Sound signaling the start and end of class |
| 36% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
| 36% | IFIWEREYOU | 10 | Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 36% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across |
| 36% | PESO | 4 | Official currency of The Dominican Republic and also some countries in South America |
| 36% | RUSHHOUR | 8 | Start and finish of the work day |
| 36% | ALL | 3 | Start and end of the Musketeers' motto |
| 36% | WILLYOUPLEASE | 13 | Start of a run-together exchange between Clifton Webb and Dana Andrews in the film Laura |
| 36% | ADAM | 4 | Bible character who says "She gave me of the tree, and I did eat" |
| 35% | ERICA | 5 | Genus of shrubs that includes the heaths and some heathers |
| 35% | AENEID | 6 | Work that starts "I sing of arms and the man" |