| 100% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 45% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 40% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 39% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 38% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 34% | LETSUNPACKTHAT | 14 | Therapist's statement, or what can be said about the first parts of 20-, 28-, and 46-Across? |
| 34% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 34% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 34% | TRADE | 5 | With 38-Across, what the four key parts of this puzzle are |
| 34% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| 34% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 34% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |
| 34% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 33% | DAVID | 5 | With 43-Across, singer of the lyric formed by the first parts of 20-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 33% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 33% | SIDEEFFECT | 10 | Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 33% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 33% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 33% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 32% | FASHIONFORWARD | 14 | On the cutting edge of style, or what 20-, 33-, and 40-Across can be said to be? |
| 32% | WORD | 4 | With 72-Across, what the answers on this puzzle's perimeter form |
| 32% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 32% | MARKETOPENING | 13 | What ringing a certain bell signals, and a hint to the first words of this puzzle's movie titles |
| 32% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 32% | FACEDTHEMUSIC | 13 | Accepted the consequences of one's actions, and what the artists did with the hits in this puzzle? |
| 32% | SATURDAYNIGHT | 13 | Time period that can precede the first parts of 20-, 37- and 44-Across |
| 32% | INHALINGFOOD | 12 | What the ends of 20-, 36- and 43-Across suggest |
| 32% | FIRESTARTER | 11 | BBQ chef's accessory (or what the last part of 20-Across or 2- or 31-Down can be) |