| 100% | FOURH | 5 | Club with 20-, 32-, 42- and 57-Across as members? |
| 40% | THATSLIFE | 9 | Utterance that sums up 20-, 32- and 42-Across |
| 40% | COMMONTHREAD | 12 | What ties everything together, including 20-, 32- and 42-Across? |
| 39% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | DOG | 3 | With 1-Across, what 20-, 34-, 42- and 52-Across end with |
| 37% | THEMEANINGOFLIFE | 16 | Profound philosophical subject, as defined by the answers to 21-, 32-, and 42-Across? |
| 37% | ALLINTHEFAMILY | 14 | 1970's TV show with a literal hint to 20-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 37% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcomes ... or a feature of 1-, 20-, 32-, 42-, and 69-Across |
| 36% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 36% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 36% | THREE | 5 | With 68- or 69-Across, what 16-, 32-, 42- and 60-Across each consists of |
| 34% | TOUCH | 5 | With 28 Across, get offline ... and what 13 and 20 Across do? |
| 34% | CONSTELLATION | 13 | Star pattern in the night sky such as 15-Across, 20-Across, 23-Across, 39-Across, and 42-Across |
| 34% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 33% | SINGLEPLACE | 11 | With 20- and 55-Across, description of 60-Across |
| 33% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 33% | TUVALU | 6 | Country, and the 189th member of the UN, with Funafuti as its capital |
| 32% | CALIFORNIA | 10 | Western state with nine national parks, including 16-Across, 20-Across, 32-Across, and 46-Across |
| 32% | ONA | 3 | With 32-Across, suddenly and without thinking |
| 32% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 32% | EXPANSIONTEAMS | 14 | 20-, 25- and 42-Across, so to speak |
| 32% | MERRYGOROUND | 12 | Gentle alternative to 20-, 32- and 41-Across |
| 32% | TWIST | 5 | With 41- and 42-Across, 1964 Beatles hit |
| 32% | ORIGINAL | 8 | With 32-Across, Adam and Eve's transgression |
| 32% | DANTON | 6 | Georges who was a key member of the Jacobin Club, along with Robespierre and Marat |
| 31% | GERMAN | 6 | With 32-Across, study of Hesse and Mann, informally |
| 31% | OUTSIDESHOTS | 12 | What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are |
| 31% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | 1989 Best Picture nominee ... with a hint to 20-, 24-/27- and 32-/37-Across |
| 31% | CABARET | 7 | Club with dinner and dancing |
| 31% | TRIPLEDOUBLES | 13 | Superior court feats suggested by 20-, 32- and 41-Across |