| 100% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 61% | MOREORLESS | 10 | Roughly, and a hint to the words hidden in 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 54% | LGBTQ | 5 | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 54% | BUSINESSLETTERS | 15 | Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 54% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 52% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 52% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 49% | AVERAGE | 7 | Garden-variety, and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 43- and 65-Across |
| 48% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 48% | ROLEPLAYING | 11 | Therapy technique ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| 48% | GAPYEARS | 8 | Some breaks in education, and a hint to portions of 1-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 47% | FISHLADDER | 10 | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| 47% | MULTIPLECHOICE | 14 | Kind of test ... and a hint to a word hidden three times each in 16-, 22-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 47% | DOUBLEDATE | 10 | It consists of a couple of couples ... and, when divided differently, a hint to something hidden in 17-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 47% | ROCKYSTART | 10 | Bumpy beginning ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 47% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 47% | SHIPWRECKS | 10 | Sea disasters, and a hint to what's literally hidden in 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 46% | FOODFIGHT | 9 | What could cause a mess in a mess, and a hint to 18-, 24-, 57- and 63-Across |
| 46% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| 46% | RELIGIOUSLEADER | 15 | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| 46% | KEEPITBETWEENUS | 15 | "Let this be our little secret" … or a hint to letter sequences hidden in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 45% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 45% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 45% | HEADSOFSTATE | 12 | Country leaders, and along with names in parentheses, a hint to 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 45% | SIDEEFFECTS | 11 | Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 45% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 44% | STARTUP | 7 | With 40-Across, money required to open a business ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 44% | NOCANDO | 7 | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 44% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 44% | RAILSPLITTER | 12 | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |