| 100% | RETSNOM | 7 | 17-Across, in 23-Down |
| 79% | MOTNAHP | 7 | 59-Across, in 23-Down |
| 79% | NAMFLOW | 7 | 1-Across, in 23-Down |
| 76% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 75% | CORNEA | 6 | It's reshaped in 23 Down |
| 72% | AMES | 4 | City in 23 Across |
| 72% | HERBS | 5 | Things hidden in 17-. 23-, 49- and 57-Across |
| 71% | ARIA | 4 | Something heard in 23 Across |
| 71% | HOLSTEINS | 9 | IN 17 DOWN |
| 71% | ITCOUPLE | 8 | Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 70% | ESTE | 4 | 23 Across, in Spanish |
| 69% | OREO | 4 | It's "sandwiched" in 17-, 23-, 35-, 45- and 56-Across |
| 69% | ONEPLUSONE | 10 | Basic math operation found in 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 68% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 66% | AUPAIR | 6 | Live-in help, and what's contained in 17-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 66% | ITS | 3 | The "I" in 23-Down |
| 65% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 17 Across, justice who announced his retirement in 2022 |
| 65% | INTEGRA | 7 | Bygone Acura that's involved in a crackup at 17-, 23-, 45- and 55-Across? |
| 65% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 65% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 65% | STICKEMUP | 9 | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| 65% | SIDEOFBEEF | 10 | Slab in a meat locker, and a feature of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 65% | CURLINGBONSPIEL | 15 | Athletic tournament hinted at by the first words in 17-, 23-, 48-, and 60-Across |
| 63% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 63% | TOSSEDSALAD | 11 | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| 63% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam answered in a blue book ... and a phonetic hint to 17-, 23- and 44-Across |
| 63% | YTTJJU | 6 | 17-Across, in other words |
| 63% | NEO | 3 | 17-Across in "The Matrix" |
| 62% | CHRYSALIS | 9 | Where a 17-Down becomes a 23-Across |