| 100% | HOMERUN | 7 | Big hit for the club members, and what might elicit the shaded words |
| 43% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | 1968 hit for the Troggs, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle's perimeter words |
| 37% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 36% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 36% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 35% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 35% | ENR | 3 | NYSE trading symbol for the battery company promoted by a bunny with shades and big bass drum |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Biggest hit for the Village People |
| 34% | CROONERSINQUEST | 15 | What might determine if the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie is truly amore? |
| 34% | TIEBREAKER | 10 | Overtime round, e.g. ... and what a black square acts as for the circled words? |
| 33% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 33% | MUMS | 4 | What may precede the word |
| 33% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 33% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 33% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 32% | ILLBETHERE | 10 | #1 hit for the Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey |
| 32% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 32% | TVCAM | 5 | What might make the news, for short? |
| 32% | HRS | 3 | Big hits on the diamond, for short |
| 32% | HRS | 3 | Big hits in the ballpark, for short |
| 32% | SUMMERINTHECITY | 15 | Hit for the Lovin' Spoonful, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 32% | HEARINGDOGS | 11 | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| 32% | IVEGOTTHESCOOP | 14 | Words from someone in the know, or what the pros in 20-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across might say |
| 32% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 32% | ICANSO | 6 | Words that might elicit the response "Prove it!" |
| 32% | STEVEN | 6 | ___ Page, founding member of the band that wrote and recorded the theme for "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 32% | KARATECHOP | 10 | What's a big hit with the school board? |
| 32% | TENSE | 5 | What might be the difference between "read" and "read" |
| 32% | GAYE | 4 | Marvin ___, former member of Harvey and the New Moonglows who is known for his solo hits like "Let's Get It On" and "What's Going On" |
| 31% | ENVY | 4 | What the Joneses may elicit |