| 100% | GEEWHIZ | 7 | Beaver Cleaver expletive ... or what you might need to be to answer 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 45% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 42% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 41% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 40% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 40% | UPSDELIVERY | 11 | Package on the porch ... or what's been brought to 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 39% | BANDLEADER | 10 | Musical conductor ... and what the end of 18-, 23-, 40- or 51-Across can be? |
| 38% | FEEDINGFRENZY | 13 | Mad rush for spoils ... or what the answers to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across have descended into? |
| 38% | TUCKEDINBED | 11 | Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are |
| 38% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | AUTOCOMPLETE | 12 | Search engine feature ... or what you literally need to do to answer the six starred clues |
| 37% | SHOWSTOPPER | 11 | Big musical number ... or what 60-Across is to four puzzle answers? |
| 37% | PETPAIL | 7 | What you might need to clean up after Fido or Kitty? |
| 37% | ITSALLGREEKTOME | 15 | What you might say upon seeing 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across? |
| 36% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 36% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 36% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 36% | THELAST | 7 | What shall be first ... or words that can precede 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across |
| 35% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you need to do to seven Across answers for their clues to make sense |
| 35% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | What to do when you see … [see 23-, 37-, 39-, 48- and 60-Across] |
| 35% | NO | 2 | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 35% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Happening place ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across? |
| 35% | CALENDARREFORM | 14 | The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? |
| 35% | GETONBOARD | 10 | "Join the team," or what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 35% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | "You're blocking the view!," and what is needed to complete the answers to the starred clues? |
| 35% | LETSPUTAPININIT | 15 | Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across |
| 34% | FLYING | 6 | With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across |
| 34% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 34% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 34% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? |