| 100% | CHARCUTERIEBOARD | 16 | Artistically arranged appetizer, or where to find the beginnings of 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| 44% | ONYOURFEET | 10 | Jukebox musical featuring Gloria Estefan songs, or where to find the ends of 17-Across and 10-, 24-, and 33-Down |
| 41% | CHOCOLATEDROP | 13 | Kiss alternative ... or a hint to the starts of 3-, 5-, 10-, 14-, 26-, 64- and 68-Down |
| 37% | INDC | 4 | Where to find the Capitol and the Library of Cong. |
| 37% | PALM | 4 | Where to find the Mercury line and the Girdle of Venus |
| 37% | BEEHIVE | 7 | Where to find the ends of 19-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 37% | CEREALAISLES | 12 | Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down |
| 36% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | Where to find the last words of 17-, 22-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 36% | AIRPORT | 7 | Where to find the ends of 17-, 27-, 50- and 65-Across |
| 36% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | Where to find the ends of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 36% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 36% | BOXOFCHOCOLATES | 15 | Where to find the varieties mentioned at the start of 17-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 35% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | CBS late show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson ... or where to find the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | TOPBANANA | 9 | Head honcho, and a hint to the first word of 3-, 8-, 21-, or 24-Down |
| 33% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 32% | LESSERANTILLES | 14 | Where to find the Windward and Leeward Islands |
| 32% | UPENN | 5 | Where to find the Wharton School of Business |
| 32% | HAIRSALON | 9 | Permanent place ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | RECIPEBOOK | 10 | Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | SESAME | 6 | With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 32% | PICNICAREAS | 11 | Outside eating spots, and where to find the starts of 17-, 27-, and 47-Across |
| 32% | MARS | 4 | Where to find the first parts of the asterisked answers |
| 32% | EBAY | 4 | Where to find the headings Books, Dolls & Bears, and Collectibles |
| 32% | MET | 3 | Where to find the Egyptian Temple of Dendur, with "the" |
| 32% | BELOWTHEBELT | 12 | Grossly unfair, or where you find the last words of 20-, 29-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 31% | ACTV | 4 | Where to find ''. . . the noblest Roman of them all'' |
| 31% | HIGH | 4 | With 69-Across, where to find the ends of 17-, 22-, 32-, 43-, 54- and 61-Across |
| 31% | AFTERPARTY | 10 | Oscar night celebration ... and where to find the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | RIGHTONTHEMONEY | 15 | Exactly ... or where to find 17-, 25-, 43- and 57-Across? |
| 31% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |