| 100% | AAA | 3 | Clue to 20- and 55-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 65% | FLOSS | 5 | Dentist's advice … or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 64% | ANEYEFORANI | 11 | Punny hint to answering 20-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 59% | NAMES | 5 | Starts of 17- and 55-Across, and 11- and 29-Down, impolitely |
| 58% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 57% | SHELL | 5 | Thimblerig object (and a link to 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 29-Down) |
| 57% | CLEANENERGY | 11 | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 56% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 56% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 56% | ALLWISE | 7 | Like King Solomon ... or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 56% | SOAP | 4 | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| 55% | ION | 3 | "Charge" missing from 18-, 20-, 55- and 61-Across, and 11- and 28-Down |
| 54% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 54% | KEYWORD | 7 | Google search need ... or a hint to the ends of 20- and 49-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 54% | GETLOST | 7 | Scram ... or a hint to solving 17-, 20-, 50- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 51% | TVSET | 5 | Boob tube (and a hint to 17- and 65-Across and 11- and 30-Down) |
| 49% | THEHANDYMANYOUR | 15 | With 49- and 55-Across, response to 20-Across |
| 48% | AUTOS | 5 | Ends of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 48% | PLEONASMS | 9 | Redundancies, like 20- and 50-Across and 5- and 29-Down |
| 48% | LATER | 5 | Kid's response to 20-, 37- and 55-Across |
| 47% | GAL | 3 | Inner woman of 20- and 53-Across and 10- and 29-Down |
| 47% | ADEAL | 5 | "What ___!" (possible response to 20-, 29-, 46- and 56-Across) |
| 47% | CHILDSPLAY | 10 | "Piece of cake!" (and a hint to the starts of 17-Across and 11- and 27-Down) |
| 47% | DATES | 5 | Calendar units hidden in 20- and 61-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 47% | KOS | 3 | Boxing stats found in 20- and 60-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 47% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | LATINI | 6 | Where 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down might be used |
| 47% | OUTSIDECHANCE | 13 | Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across |
| 46% | POLICE | 6 | They can be found in 20- and 55-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| 46% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |