| 100% | USB | 3 | Connection port, and the connections found in 17-, 24-, 40-, 52-, and 66-Across |
| 66% | SESAME | 6 | With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 61% | ELMO | 4 | Pal of the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 58% | BUSINESSLETTERS | 15 | Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 53% | CAPITAL | 7 | Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 51% | DARKCIRCLES | 11 | Signs of fatigue, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 35-, and 52-Across |
| 50% | STANDAPART | 10 | Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across? |
| 49% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be |
| 49% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 49% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 47% | YOUREOUT | 8 | Call at home, and a clue to the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 47% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 47% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 46% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| 45% | SSS | 3 | Reptilian warning found in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across |
| 45% | DBA | 3 | Corp. alias found in 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 44% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Secondary identity ... or what can be found in 18-, 27-, 40-, 54- and 66-Across |
| 44% | ABC | 3 | They're "easy" to find in 17- and 53-Across and 3- and 24-Down |
| 43% | VET | 3 | November honoree who can be found in the middle of 17, 29, 46, and 62 Across |
| 43% | FLATS | 5 | Road trip troubles ... and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 43% | MIDTERMS | 8 | Some tests ... or what's found literally in 17-, 24-, 30-, 39- and 44-Across |
| 43% | EASYPEASY | 9 | So simple ... like 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across? |
| 42% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 42% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 42% | BALONEYSANDWICH | 15 | Classic grade-school lunch, and what's literally found in 17-, 33-, and 40-Across? |
| 42% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 41% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 41% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 41% | OUTERMOST | 9 | Farthest from the center, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 41% | JEANS | 5 | Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17- 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across |