| 100% | SQUAREROOTS | 11 | 3 and 4, to 9 and 16 |
| 91% | SQUAREROOTS | 11 | 3 to 9 and 4 to 16 |
| 64% | THEDESCENTOFMAN | 15 | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
| 62% | POTTER | 6 | Harry who gets to Hogwarts from platform 9 and 3/4 |
| 60% | SQUARES | 7 | 4 and 16, to 2 and 4 |
| 56% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," 3-Down, 16-Across, and 49-Across singer who turns 75 years old on May 9, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 52% | HIGHHORSE | 9 | Arrogant person's place ... or what the answers to 3-, 7-, and 16-Down share? |
| 50% | SQUARE | 6 | 4, 9 or 16 |
| 49% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 49% | DROPSHOTS | 9 | Tricky tennis returns, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 49% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 49% | NINE | 4 | 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 49% | HOUR | 4 | Space between 3 and 4 |
| 49% | SHAPESUP | 8 | Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down |
| 49% | DUDEWHERESMYCAR | 15 | 2000 stoner comedy whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| 48% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down |
| 48% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 48% | RAISECAIN | 9 | Cause a commotion, and a hint to a feature of 3-, 6- and 9-Down |
| 48% | BLONDEONBLONDE | 14 | 1966 Bob Dylan album whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| 48% | TEN | 3 | 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 47% | RATEHIKE | 8 | Fed proposal, and a hint to what's hidden in 3-, 9-, 25- and 29-Down |
| 47% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | On another level, or a clue to the starts of 3-, 4-, 11- and 27-Down |
| 46% | ODD | 3 | 3 and 9, but not 6 |
| 46% | AVG | 3 | 3 for 2 and 4: Abbr. |
| 46% | PARS | 4 | 3, 4, 5 and occasionally more |
| 46% | GPAS | 4 | 3.0 and 4.0, briefly |
| 46% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 46% | MONT | 4 | French peak, and after 3/4 of 3-Down, state admitted to the US on March 4, 1791 |
| 46% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 46% | GPAS | 4 | 3.7 and 4.0, e.g. |