| 100% | SODABREAD | 9 | Accompanier of 17-/58-Across |
| 71% | CHIPS | 5 | Features of 17-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 66% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 66% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 66% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 65% | LODE | 4 | Deposit of 17 Across |
| 65% | EGOISTS | 7 | More of 17 Across |
| 65% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 64% | CENTERCONSOLE | 13 | Car's storage compartment, or a feature of 17-, 24-, 48-, and 58-Across? |
| 63% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of 17 and 63 Across |
| 63% | WHATATOOL | 9 | Common put-down that hints at the ends of 17-, 21-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 63% | BBQ | 3 | Cookout, briefly ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across |
| 63% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
| 63% | SUGARSUBSTITUTE | 15 | Artificial sweetener ... and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally |
| 62% | SCRAMBLEDEGGS | 13 | Breakfast order ... and a hint to the last words of 17-, 26-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 62% | CREAM | 5 | It can follow the first word of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 62% | MARIOBROS | 9 | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 62% | LEAGUELEADERS | 13 | Many championship-bound teams, or what the starts of 17-, 20-, 58-, and 64-Across are |
| 61% | CUT | 3 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 33-Down |
| 60% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 60% | BALLS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 21-, 58- and 64-Across and 3- and 40-Down |
| 60% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 58% | DEVIOUS | 7 | Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across |
| 58% | UKES | 4 | Accompaniers of 20-Across |
| 57% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 57% | KIDBLACKIE | 10 | First alias of 17-Across |
| 57% | BASMATI | 7 | Indian variety of 17-Across |
| 57% | PARENT | 6 | The "P" of 17-Across |
| 57% | SIMON | 5 | Original name of 17-across |
| 57% | GENEWILDER | 10 | 1974 portrayer of 17-Across |