| 100% | RELOCATIONS | 11 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? |
| 39% | REFUSED | 7 | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 38% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order |
| 36% | FORSAKE | 7 | Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across |
| 35% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 35% | LITTLEGIRLS | 11 | What the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across make? |
| 35% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 35% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 35% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 35% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | TONIGHTSHOWHOST | 15 | TV personality hidden in the answers to 16-, 22-, 32-, 41- and 47-Across |
| 34% | FOLLOW | 6 | Word missing from the answers to 17-, 23-, 29-, 40-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 34% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 34% | CONVERTTOMETRIC | 15 | What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across |
| 34% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 33% | FACERECOGNITION | 15 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 33% | SINGULAR | 8 | Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to 18-, 24-, 51- or 62-Across |
| 33% | DOSOMETHING | 11 | Call to action at times heard after the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 33% | WESTERNMEDICINE | 15 | Allopathy ... or a hint to the beginnings of 16-, 25-, and 47-Across |
| 33% | PAIROFJOKERS | 12 | Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 33% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 33% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| 32% | HUEANDCRY | 9 | Public uproar … or a phonetic hint to the two words in 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 32% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Corporate symbols, or how to make the answers to 15-/22-Across and 34-/46-Across match their clues |
| 32% | HERESJOHNNY | 11 | Classic TV intro ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 22-, 30-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 32% | WANNABET | 8 | "Care to wager?" ... and a question answered, one way or the other, by the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 31% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run off … or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues |
| 31% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 31% | FINISHINGSECOND | 15 | Placing (and a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across) |