| 100% | HEAD | 4 | Apt attachment to the starts of 14-, 17-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 55% | THATWASCOOL | 11 | "Neato!" (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across) |
| 53% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 52% | TAIL | 4 | Apt attachment to the ends of 30-, 37-, 59- and 62-Across |
| 51% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 50% | COUNTERFEITCOIN | 15 | Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 50% | MUSCLES | 7 | They're subject to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 50% | IAMAROCK | 8 | Simon & Garfunkel hit, and hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 48- ... and 35-Across, too! |
| 50% | BUTTHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 49% | APRILFOOLSDAY | 13 | Apt time for pranksters to do the starts of 17-, 22-, 50-, and 57-Across? |
| 49% | PROCESSEDMEAT | 13 | Spam or sausage ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 35- and 42-Across |
| 49% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 49% | DRAW | 4 | Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across |
| 49% | TASTEMAKERS | 11 | Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 49% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 49% | PIECEOFCAKE | 11 | Easy-peasy ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 49% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 49% | MONEYMONEYMONEY | 15 | 1976 Abba song ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 49% | JOBOPENING | 10 | Want ad heading ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 49% | RENTACARS | 9 | Some vacation expenses ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 54-Across |
| 49% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically |
| 49% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 49% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Baseball rarities nowadays ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 49% | PENCILMEIN | 10 | Tentative "It's a date" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 49% | FORSAKE | 7 | Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across |
| 49% | MAKEUP | 6 | Reconcile after a quarrel … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 49% | THATSMYJAM | 10 | “I love this song!” . . . or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 39-, and 52-Across |
| 49% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Sound of capitalism? ...or a hint to the starts of 17-, 22-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 48% | BOWLINGALLEY | 12 | Where you might roll the starts of 17-, 31-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 48% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-. 57- and 65-Across |