| 100% | TWOFORTHESEESAW | 15 | 1962 Robert Mitchum/Shirley MacLaine film ... or the outcome of 17- and 40-Across? |
| 42% | STS | 3 | Aves. ... or the initials of 17-, 23-, 40-, 50- and 63-Across |
| 38% | BUTTHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 36% | DIRTYWORDS | 10 | Curses ... or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 36% | QUITEAFEW | 9 | Many ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across |
| 36% | SHORTCUTS | 9 | Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across? |
| 35% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 35% | ELMO | 4 | Pal of the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 34% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 34% | JULY | 4 | What the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 40- and 52-Across are each a fourth of, phonetically |
| 34% | CONMEN | 6 | People who target the starts of 17-, 30-, 40- and 57-Across |
| 34% | THEOLYMPICGAMES | 15 | Event suggested by the starts of 17-, 35- and 40-Across |
| 34% | CLUE | 4 | Game associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 32-, 40-, 47- and 54-Across |
| 33% | LITTLERED | 9 | Phrase that can precede the starts of 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 33% | BIGBANG | 7 | Theory of the universe, or a hint to the starts of 17-Across and 7-, 10-, 35- and 40-Down |
| 32% | DAMNED | 6 | The —, 1962 suspense film starring Macdonald Carey and Shirley Anne Field |
| 32% | TURNONADIME | 11 | Change abruptly, or what the insides of 17-, 27- and 43-Across do? |
| 32% | ONTHEWATERFRONT | 15 | Oscar-winning Marlon Brando film, or where the last words of 18-, 23-, 49-, and 57-Across can literally be found |
| 32% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 31% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
| 31% | ALLFALLDOWN | 11 | 1962 Warren Beatty film, and what the title elements of the starred answers do |
| 31% | UNITEDARTISTS | 13 | Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? |
| 31% | FITTOBETIED | 11 | Really steamed ... or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are? |
| 31% | COUNTERFEITCOIN | 15 | Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 31% | NERDS | 5 | "Revenge of the ___," 1984 comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards |
| 31% | TACOTOPPING | 11 | The start of 17-Across or 11- or 33-Down |
| 31% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 31% | FASTBREAK | 9 | Dynamic basketball sequence represented by the starts of 17-, 23-, 30-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 31% | GENERALDISARRAY | 15 | Chaos ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 28-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 31% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |