| 100% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? |
| 40% | OUTOFSORTS | 10 | Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Fictional feline from Japan … or how one might greet 17-, 24-, 54- or 65-Across |
| 37% | ONAROLL | 7 | Winning time after time ... or where you might find 17-, 23-, 51- or 62-Across |
| 37% | ONTHELINE | 9 | At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 37% | OUTMUSCLED | 10 | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| 35% | FALLCLASSIC | 11 | Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across? |
| 34% | MOBSCENE | 8 | "The Sopranos" clip? ... or where you might hear 20-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 34% | HUSH | 4 | "Keep quiet!" or how you might respond to 5d |
| 33% | TABBY | 5 | Certain lap warmer, or how one might playfully describe this puzzle's longest answers |
| 33% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Command center? ... or where you might hear the starts of 17-, 28- and 49-Across |
| 33% | POT | 3 | Word that may precede the beginning of 17-, 26-, 42- or 56-Across |
| 33% | INME | 4 | How I might want you to believe or trust |
| 33% | BED | 3 | With 70-Across, what the end of 17-, 33-, 42- or 63-Across describes |
| 32% | WHATATOOL | 9 | Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across? |
| 32% | GOOD | 4 | With 65-Across, comment that might be heard after the start of 17-, 28-, 45- or 59-Across |
| 32% | WITHINCOST | 10 | Reasonably priced ... or a hint to 17-, 19-, 26-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across |
| 32% | BADHAIRDAY | 10 | Reason to wear a hat ... or what 17-, 27- or 43-Across may describe |
| 31% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 31% | JUSTONEMOWERTHING | 17 | How you might classify a blade, a gas tank cap or a starter handle? |
| 30% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 30% | MAYOCLINIC | 10 | Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 30% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's ... or four words to describe 17-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across? |
| 30% | QUITEAFLEX | 10 | Impressive boast ... or what 17-, 25-, 34-, and 43-Across might perform under pressure? |
| 30% | BRINGEMON | 9 | Fighter's dare … or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 30% | AFISHOUTOFWATER | 15 | Misfit ... or what you get after the sequence described by the ends of 17-, 21-, 57- and 63-Across? |
| 30% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run off … or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues |
| 29% | INNERNERD | 9 | The secret geeky part of you ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and 49-Across |
| 29% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 29% | ITSNOTTHATDEEP | 14 | "You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down? |