| 100% | LEASHES | 7 | Bunch held at intersections on outings with pets ... or in the intersections of the shaded words |
| 38% | WHOA | 4 | Word at the start of the chorus in "Livin' on a Prayer" |
| 35% | ALLSOULS | 8 | & 12D Catholic festival held on 2 November with prayers for the souls of the dead in purgatory |
| 35% | CROSSBREEDS | 11 | Animals with parents of two distinct varieties ... or a description of the pairs of shaded words? |
| 35% | ASTRAKHAN | 9 | City in Russia on the delta of the Volga River associated with a type of black or grey fur |
| 35% | TEAMPLAYERS | 11 | Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of |
| 34% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 33% | GRAM | 4 | Word used with "Insta" in the world of social media |
| 33% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 33% | MAAM | 4 | Word of respect with an apostrophe in the middle |
| 32% | TENTOONEODDS | 12 | Big payout potential ... or a hint to the words in the shaded squares (and the clue numbers on which they begin!) |
| 32% | SPROUTS | 7 | Word after "Brussels" or "alfalfa" in the names of foods |
| 32% | MOVIE | 5 | Word after "Scary" or "Silent" in the titles of films |
| 32% | HATE | 4 | Word on Harry Powell's left fingers in "The Night of the Hunter" |
| 32% | HELLO | 5 | Word whose rise in popularity coincided with the spread of the telephone |
| 32% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 31% | ALA | 3 | Words on a menu which means "cooked in the style of": 2 wds. |
| 31% | RAPGOD | 6 | Eminem song which holds the world record for most words in a hit single with an average of 4.28 words per second: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 31% | NAWAB | 5 | Nobleman or governor in India at the time of the Mogul Empire |
| 31% | CARAVAN | 7 | A pack of camels, or in the UK, a house on wheels |
| 31% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of Grace, or any prayer |
| 31% | HATE | 4 | Word on Mitchum's hand in Night of the Hunter |
| 31% | PIROUETTE | 9 | Body spin in dancing on the toes or the ball of the foot |
| 31% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009 [anagram of YAM] |
| 31% | MARMALADE | 9 | Shade of the sky in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
| 30% | STINGRAY | 8 | Marine creature with one or more venomous spines at the base of the tail |
| 30% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 30% | TINYTIM | 7 | Speaker of the words in the shaded squares, expressed literally |