| 100% | MAKEITNEAT | 10 | "Straight up, please," to match 17-, 25-, 37-, and 51-Across? |
| 51% | FUZZYMATH | 9 | It doesn't add up ... except as a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 47% | FALSESTART | 10 | Gridiron infraction, and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 47% | IDENTITYTHEFT | 13 | Crime to which 17-, 25-, 51- and 58-Across have fallen victim |
| 46% | BITTEREND | 9 | What 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 25-Down each comes to? |
| 45% | DCCOMICS | 8 | "Captain Marvel" publisher ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 45% | WEREALLSET | 10 | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across? |
| 45% | REARENDED | 9 | Bumped from behind, or a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 43% | ACTOFGOD | 8 | Force majeure, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 47-Across |
| 43% | WASHINGTON | 10 | U.S. capital whose location is a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 42% | APRILFOOL | 9 | Cry for today, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 54-Across |
| 42% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal song with a hint to the last words in 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 42% | SPLIT | 5 | With 51-Across, nitpick ... or a hint to 17-, 37- and 60-Across |
| 41% | DIDDLYSQUAT | 11 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? |
| 41% | DUOS | 4 | What 17-, 25-, 37-, 52- and 62-Across are, themewise |
| 39% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Don't give up," and a suggestion that can apply to 17-, 25-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 39% | JUSTSAYNO | 9 | Slogan popularized in the 1980s ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 28-, 48-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 39% | THEFOURTOPS | 11 | Motown group ... and what 17-, 25-, 37- and 46-Across comprise? |
| 39% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 39% | FEEDINGFRENZY | 13 | Mad rush for spoils ... or what the answers to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across have descended into? |
| 39% | THEREVIEWSAREIN | 15 | "Critics have spoken," as featured in 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 38% | ITMEANSALOTTOME | 15 | "I'm deeply indebted" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 38% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair challenge … or a hint to the last words of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 38% | SOWHATELSEISNEW | 15 | Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 38% | ALLTHUMBS | 9 | Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 38% | MILDSALSA | 9 | What 17-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 60-Across and 3-Down combine to make |
| 37% | BLOODTYPE | 9 | Classification suggested by the beginning of 17-, 25-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 37% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 37% | FIGUREHEAD | 10 | Carved decoration on a ship's prow ... or a hint to the first word of 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 37% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Pleasing to look at ... or a phonetic hint to a two-letter sequence in 16-, 20-, 51- and 56-Across |