| 100% | FOODFIGHT | 9 | Cafeteria combat epitomized by the actions in 17-, 36-, and 42-Across? |
| 38% | VERVE | 5 | Characteristic suggested by the first words of 17-, 20-, 36-, 55- and 60-Across |
| 38% | CURLINGBONSPIEL | 15 | Athletic tournament hinted at by the first words in 17-, 23-, 48-, and 60-Across |
| 38% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 37% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 42-Across, 1962 historical epic directed by David Lean and set in the Ottoman Empire |
| 36% | FOURTHOFJULY | 12 | Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literally |
| 35% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 35% | VOLLEYBALL | 10 | Sport hinted at by the ends of 17-, 24-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 34% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 34% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 34% | ALPHABETQUARTET | 15 | There's one in 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 33% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 33% | TAKESAWRONGTURN | 15 | Errs - as in 17-, 27-, 42- and 52-Across? |
| 33% | GREEK | 5 | Kind of letters hidden in 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 33% | GOING | 5 | With 39- and 42-Across, activity of the spirits in this puzzle |
| 32% | WOOD | 4 | Object of the actions suggested by the starts of 17-, 30-, 47- and 66-Across |
| 32% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 32% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 32% | CRADLEOFLOVE | 12 | 42-Across hit song that was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1991 (3 wds.) |
| 32% | PILLBOXHAT | 10 | Topper made popular by 17- and 36-Across |
| 31% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 31% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 31% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 31% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 31% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Next number in a series suggested by the starts of 17-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 31% | THEWEIGHT | 9 | Song by The Band featured in the Monument Valley scene in 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 31% | TRICKY | 6 | Word spelled phonetically by the starts of 1-, 20-, 27-, 36-, 49- and 56-Across |
| 31% | TEAMUSA | 7 | Olympic delegation cheered on by the chant found in 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across |