| 100% | CLASSICGAMESHOW | 15 | 20-, 32- or 40-Across |
| 77% | FINGERPAINTS | 12 | Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 72% | BEEF | 4 | Complaint, or a hint to the grades that start 20-, 32-, 40- and 53-Across |
| 72% | INEEDSOMEADVICE | 15 | Entreaty to 20- or 32-Across |
| 69% | GODOWNSWINGING | 14 | Fight to the bitter end ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 67% | HBOMB | 5 | Cold War concern ... and what created 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across? |
| 65% | MOON | 4 | Its cycle is indicated by the starts of 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across |
| 64% | HOUSE | 5 | Word that can follow both halves of 18-, 20-, 32-, 40-, 54- and 57-Across |
| 63% | DEBTS | 5 | They traditionally appear in red ... and in another form in 20-, 32-, 40- and 53-Across |
| 61% | LEAVEABADTASTE | 14 | Not sit well ... or what eating 20-, 32- or 41-Across might do? |
| 61% | CUTTINGTHECORD | 14 | Eschewing big cable, and a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 59% | WISEGUY | 7 | Smart-aleck . . . or a phonetic description of 15-, 20-, 32-, or 42-Across? |
| 58% | ANIMATEDCARTOON | 15 | 20-, 37- or 52-Across |
| 57% | TWINSISTER | 10 | 20-Across, to 32-Across |
| 57% | LONGDIVISION | 12 | Arithmetic exercise ... or what literally occurs in 20-, 33- and 40-Across? |
| 57% | TROPICALSTORM | 13 | Its 31-Down can be 20 to 40 miles across |
| 56% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcomes ... or a feature of 1-, 20-, 32-, 42-, and 69-Across |
| 55% | PUN | 3 | 20-, 39- or 53-Across, say |
| 54% | SMILE | 5 | Face of one being framed, say, or the opposite of 20 Across |
| 54% | NOTONMYWATCH | 12 | "I forbid this" … or what a smart device wearer might claim regarding the ends of 20-, 30-, 40- and 48-Across? |
| 54% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | 20-, 26- or 46-Across, e.g. |
| 53% | UNO | 3 | 20-Across, in Italy or Spain |
| 53% | ASIAN | 5 | Chinese or 20-Across |
| 52% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 52% | MAKEPEACE | 9 | Emulate 20- or 55-Across? |
| 52% | MANGIA | 6 | Dinnertime exhortation from 40 Across |
| 52% | SLED | 4 | Vehicle for a 40 Across |
| 52% | ONION | 5 | 40 Across tidbit |
| 51% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | Mundane musings, or what the last words of 20-, 32-, and 39-Across have in common? |
| 51% | ODOR | 4 | 55-Across or 32-Down characteristic |