| 100% | WIND | 4 | *Renewable energy source … and the end of the word ladder |
| 76% | COAL | 4 | *Nonrenewable energy source … and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 75% | SHARP | 5 | *Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder |
| 63% | RICH | 4 | End of the word ladder |
| 63% | VOTE | 4 | End of the word ladder |
| 63% | WELL | 4 | End of the word ladder |
| 63% | NUTS | 4 | End of the word ladder |
| 60% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 57% | TAMIL | 5 | Source of the words "mulligatawny" and "catamaran" |
| 57% | BANTU | 5 | Source of the words "mamba" and "chimpanzee" |
| 57% | TAMIL | 5 | Source of the words "curry" and "pariah" |
| 57% | FARSI | 5 | Source of the words "pajama" and "spinach" |
| 57% | ERSE | 4 | Source of the words “spunk” and “trousers” |
| 57% | MAORI | 5 | Source of the words "kiwi" and "tiki" |
| 57% | ERSE | 4 | Source of the words "plaid" and "trousers" |
| 57% | IRISH | 5 | Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens" |
| 57% | NAHUATL | 7 | Source of the words ocelot and chipotle |
| 56% | NUTS | 4 | *End of the word ladder |
| 54% | THEMONTHOFMARCH | 15 | Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) |
| 54% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 54% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Word sounded out by the ends of 20-, 35- and 40-Across |
| 53% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 53% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 53% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 53% | BLUNT | 5 | *Not pointed ... and the start of an eight-step word ladder |
| 53% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 52% | DANCE | 5 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across |
| 51% | NOTE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 20- and 54-Across and 4- and 26-Down |
| 51% | CRACKER | 7 | Word that can follow the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 51% | THATSALLFOLKS | 13 | Porky Pig's words, befitting the ends of 20-, 26-, 49- and 54-Across |