| 100% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 43% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 41% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 40% | FILMDIRECTOR | 12 | Speaker of the last words of 20-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 40% | MORNINGSHOW | 11 | Breakfast-time TV fare that usually includes the ends of 17-, 28-, 36- and 44-Across |
| 40% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 39% | TVDETECTIVE | 11 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is |
| 39% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 39% | YES | 3 | "That's correct" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 28-, 45- and 59-Across, in different languages |
| 39% | DOLLARBILL | 10 | Its back features the last parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 39% | DIRTYWORDS | 10 | Curses ... or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 39% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down |
| 38% | CAPITAL | 7 | Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 38% | OIL | 3 | Product of the first parts of 18-, 28-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 38% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 38% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 37% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 37% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 37% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 37% | FATE | 4 | "Chance" found on the outsides of 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 37% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 37% | TRAIL | 5 | A "mix" of this word straddles the two words in 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 37% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on 28 Across |
| 37% | CLOSESHAVE | 10 | Near miss, and what the ends of 17-, 27- and 44-Across may provide |
| 37% | CRAIGSLIST | 10 | Website where you can do the first parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 37% | CLEARTHEAIR | 11 | Talk things out . . . or what to do to make sense of the clues for 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |
| 36% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 36% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 36% | STIRFRIES | 9 | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |