| 100% | LIVESOFEASE | 11 | Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have |
| 48% | LINES | 5 | Botox targets ... or what 17-, 28-, 45- and 60-Across all have |
| 47% | BIGBREAK | 8 | Opportunity for success, or what 17-, 29-, 45-, and 61-Across each have |
| 45% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have |
| 44% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 44% | REVERSINGCOURSE | 15 | Backtracking ... or what 17-, 27- and 46-Across are doing? |
| 44% | SECONDOFTWO | 11 | Latter, or, homophonically, what 17-, 31- and 44-Across each have |
| 43% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Ballpark events, or what 17-, 31- and 48-Across all have |
| 42% | INSIDEINFO | 10 | Dirt ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 48-Across all have? |
| 42% | JELLY | 5 | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 41% | TURNONADIME | 11 | Change abruptly, or what the insides of 17-, 27- and 43-Across do? |
| 40% | NOGO | 4 | Canceled ... or a hint to answering 17-, 27-, 34-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 39% | TOW | 3 | Highway breakdown need ... or, initially, feature of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 39% | SOS | 3 | Mayday call, or a pattern found in 17-, 27-, 45-, and 60-Across |
| 39% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs ... or what 17-, 23-, 51- and 61-Across have |
| 39% | FIVESTARS | 9 | What 17-, 23-, 33- and 47-Across each have |
| 39% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | "Happily ever after" ... or what 17-, 27-, 39- or 47-Across has? |
| 38% | FALSESTARTS | 11 | What 17-Across, 11 and 35-Down all have in common |
| 38% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | What 17-, 23-, 38- and 55-Across have |
| 37% | CASHUPFRONT | 11 | Demand for payment prior to service, or what 18-, 27-, 41-, and 54-Across all have |
| 37% | INNERCITY | 9 | Densely populated area ... or what 17-, 24-, 32-, 43- and 51-Across each have? |
| 37% | PIZZA | 5 | Popular pie, and what the ends of 17-, 30-, 45- and 61-Across have in common |
| 37% | HAVETHEFINALSAY | 15 | Hold ultimate authority . . . or what 17-, 29-, 36-, and 45-Across do, phonetically |
| 37% | RUNNINGSTART | 12 | Early advantage ... or what 20-, 28- and 45-Across each have? |
| 37% | THEYCANBEROLLED | 15 | What 17-, 26-, 50- and 60-Across have in common |
| 36% | HAPPYMEAL | 9 | Certain fast-food offering ... or what 17-, 27- and 48-Across certainly don't add up to? |
| 36% | IMOKYOUREOK | 11 | What 17-, 26- or 45-Across might say upon meeting 17-, 26- or 45-Across? |
| 36% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 36% | WEGOWAYBACK | 11 | "I've known them forever!"... or what 17-, 28- and 45-Across can collectively claim? |
| 36% | JUICYPART | 9 | Movie role with range ... or what 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across each have? |