| 100% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 48% | CAPITAL | 7 | Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 45% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 40% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 40% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 40% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 39% | GREEK | 5 | Kind of letters hidden in 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 39% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 39% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 38% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 38% | MEMO | 4 | Office note hidden in four of the Across answers |
| 38% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 38% | TEST | 4 | Any of the eight circled words in this puzzle, and what's spelled out by their intersections |
| 37% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 37% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 37% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 37% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 37% | FISH | 4 | Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across |
| 37% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 37% | LIST | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 37% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 36% | INTERIORDESIGNER | 16 | Elle Decor reader ... or any of the names hidden in 18-, 28-, 52- and 66-Across? |
| 36% | SECRETSANTA | 11 | Gift-giver at a certain office party ... and what's hidden inside the answers of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across |
| 36% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 35% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 35% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 35% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 35% | HEART | 5 | Word hidden in "Source of the arteries" |
| 35% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 35% | CANINE | 6 | Any of the four teeth situated between the incisors and the premolars |