| 100% | MORT | 4 | Comedian Sahl ... also what can fill the square at the crossing of 1-Across and 1-Down |
| 81% | PORT | 4 | Dessert wine ... also what can fill the square at the crossing of 50-Across and 51-Down |
| 81% | DORR | 4 | 1841 rebellion leader ... also what can fill the square at the crossing of 56-Across and 56-Down |
| 80% | CORP | 4 | N.Y.S.E. listing ... also what can fill the square at the crossing of 24-Across and 25-Down |
| 40% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 39% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across |
| 38% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 38% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 38% | ITTAKESAVILLAGE | 15 | Child-raising aphorism ... and an explanation of what can precede the circled squares? |
| 38% | FIVEGUYS | 8 | Hamburger franchise, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 24-, 30-, 41-, and 48-Across |
| 38% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 37% | BLEMISH | 7 | Imperfection (and what's at the start of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| 37% | SOULCYCLE | 9 | Spin class company ... and what can describe the arrangement of letters in the circled squares? |
| 37% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 36% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 36% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 36% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 36% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 35% | VERVAIN | 7 | Plant with small blue, white or purple flowers and square stems also called Herb of the Cross |
| 35% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 35% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 35% | CHER | 4 | Singer/actress whose name can be found at the ends of 17-, 31-, and 43-Across |
| 35% | SIMPLEMACHINE | 13 | Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| 35% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 35% | BULL | 4 | Symbol of an "up" market, and what can precede the last parts of 17-, 39- and 62-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 34% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |
| 34% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down |
| 34% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |