| 100% | EARLYDAYS | 9 | Beginning stages, and what the starts of 16-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across literally are? |
| 72% | LITTLEGIRLS | 11 | What the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across make? |
| 68% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 61% | DOSOMETHING | 11 | Call to action at times heard after the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 58% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 56% | BESTPICTURE | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across each won |
| 55% | PIE | 3 | Dessert choice, and what the starts of 16-, 25-, 46- and 59-Across are types of |
| 55% | SOMETHINGTODO | 13 | Time-filling activity, and what the ends of 20-, 30-, 38- and 47-Across are |
| 54% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 53% | COLLECTORSITEMS | 15 | Things gathered by aficionados ... or what the ends of 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across can be? |
| 53% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 53% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 53% | KEYS | 4 | Typically lost items that are "found" in the starts of 16-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 52% | ABOUTAFOOT | 10 | How tall Barbie is ... or what the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 47-Across are? |
| 52% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 51% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order |
| 51% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 51% | TVDETECTIVE | 11 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is |
| 50% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 50% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 49% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 49% | SMARTSET | 8 | Fashionable group ... and what the starts of 18-, 21-, 38- and 52-Across form |
| 49% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |
| 49% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 48% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 48% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 47% | OFFTHEWALL | 10 | Bizarre, and what the ends of 16-, 22-, 37-, and 49-Across are when redecorating |
| 47% | JAMSESSION | 10 | Impromptu performance ... or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 34- and 50-Across comprise? |
| 47% | DATINGAPP | 9 | Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common |
| 47% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |