| 100% | DOSEQUIS | 8 | Beer brand whose logo hints at the answers to 17-, 19-, 38-, 43- and 61-Across |
| 45% | FRANGLAIS | 9 | Hybrid linguistic term that hints at the answers to 17-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 33% | JUSTBROWSING | 12 | Reply to a salesperson ... or a hint to the start of 19-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 33% | AANDW | 5 | Root beer brand, and a phonetic hint to the three vowels of 18-, 23-, 37-, 55- and 60-Across |
| 32% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 32% | TWODRINKMAX | 11 | Limit at the bar, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 32% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 32% | JAYZ | 4 | Rapper whose name hints at the extremities of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 32% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 32% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 32% | WEATHERFORECAST | 15 | Local news feature suggested by the answers to 17-, 23-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 32% | FOLLOW | 6 | Word missing from the answers to 17-, 23-, 29-, 40-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 32% | DEEJAYS | 7 | Record spinners ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 38-, 48- and 61-Across |
| 31% | FALLINGBEHIND | 13 | Lagging ... or a hint to 17-, 19-, 56- and 61-Across |
| 31% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | Close race ending, and a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 39- and 54-Across |
| 31% | RICEKRISPIES | 12 | Breakfast brand since 1928 that hints at the starts of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
| 31% | TOOCLEVERBYHALF | 15 | Overly inventive ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 31% | SONGBYPAULSIMON | 15 | The starts to 17-, 30-, 38- and 47-Across, collectively |
| 31% | PALS | 4 | Friends that surround the answers to 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 31% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 31% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 31% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | RANDD | 5 | Company's creative dept., and a hint to the five long Across answers |
| 30% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 30% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | 9:30 a.m. event at the NYSE, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 30% | FEEDINGFRENZY | 13 | Mad rush for spoils ... or what the answers to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across have descended into? |
| 30% | ITSREVERSED | 11 | Hint to 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 30% | CUTITOUT | 8 | "Stop that!" ... and a hint to the answers to 17-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |