| 100% | LETSROLL | 8 | "Time to go," and a phrase that could be uttered by a 15-, a 21-, a 32-, or a 48-Across? |
| 44% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 41% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 41% | FIRSTDAUGHTER | 13 | Informal political title that could be applied to 15-, 17-, 46-, and 48-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NOODLE | 6 | Ramen or pasta piece ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 40% | NOW | 3 | "Where Are U ___?," song by Jack U and Justin Bieber that could be added to a "Lost & Found" playlist |
| 39% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 39% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Popular date time ... or a phrase that can precede the starts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 39% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 39% | WEREALLSET | 10 | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across? |
| 38% | EMCEE | 5 | Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters |
| 37% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 37% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 37% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 36% | GATE | 4 | Entryway to a house that can be opened and closed |
| 36% | PATENTS | 7 | Sony's filing of a McDonald's commercial that can be ended by shouting "McDonald's!" at the screen, and the like |
| 36% | HIGHERPOWER | 11 | Divine being ... or a hint to 17-, 31- and 48-Across |
| 36% | DOT | 3 | Circle that could be made by touching a pencil to paper |
| 35% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Go over the top, or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across |
| 35% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 35% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 35% | LOSE | 4 | "___ Yourself," song by Eminem that can be added to a "Lost & Found" playlist |
| 35% | BOEING | 6 | Are you ready to travel through time? First, let's go to the 1970s! What will you see here? ___ 747 Jet, airplane that you could take a ride in |
| 35% | DOME | 4 | Bowl-shaped stadium roof ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 35% | ANTEATER | 8 | Toothless termite hunter with a long nose and a tongue that can be up to 2-feet long |
| 35% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 35% | GRANDMASTER | 11 | Highest title that can be awarded to a player by world chess organisation FIDE |
| 35% | BEAMAZED | 8 | "You will experience a great and unexpected surprise!" (go to 48-Across) |
| 35% | PEASOUP | 7 | Phrase that can refer to a vegetable dish or a thick fog |
| 34% | BEEF | 4 | Complaint, or a hint to the grades that start 20-, 32-, 40- and 53-Across |