| 100% | KILLERWHALE | 11 | Creature found "swimming" in 16-, 22-, 28-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 43% | THREEPRESIDENTS | 15 | Their initials can be found consecutively in 16-, 24- and 42-Across |
| 39% | SAT | 3 | "Internal exam" found in 16-, 30-, 35-, 41-, and 56-Across |
| 39% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 39% | NOTHING | 7 | There is ___ hidden in 16-, 22-, 46- and 57-Across...or is there? |
| 38% | IMNOTAROBOT | 11 | Captcha confirmation well-suited to the people in 16-, 27-, and 42-Across? |
| 37% | TEAMUSA | 7 | Olympic delegation cheered on by the chant found in 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across |
| 36% | FEDEX | 5 | Letter carrier that literally distributed letters to 16-, 22-, 36-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 36% | APES | 4 | Animals found in 16-, 20-, 35-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 36% | TOMHARDY | 8 | Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Revenant" co-star who also starred in 15-Across, 19-Across, 28-Across, and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FATE | 4 | "Chance" found on the outsides of 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 35% | JUSTFORKICKS | 12 | Why the buyers of 20-, 28- and 42-Across are in the shoe store? |
| 35% | CAMOUFLAGE | 10 | "Trick" used by the creatures found in rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 |
| 35% | BAT | 3 | Fly-by-night creature found in the four longest Across answers |
| 35% | BEERINGREDIENTS | 15 | What's found hidden inside 16-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 34% | LIGHTNING | 9 | What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively |
| 34% | MLBCLOSERS | 10 | Ace relievers, briefly ... and a hint to 16-, 22-, 28-, 39- and 46-Across |
| 34% | GABRIELLEZEVIN | 14 | 16-Across and 28-Across writer whose novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" won the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STIFLEDLAUGHTER | 15 | Suppressed guffaws, and a hint to 16-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 33% | UNDERWATER | 10 | Submerged, like the creatures in 22-, 34- and 56-Across |
| 33% | STARTINGQB | 10 | Key member of a football team, in brief ... or a feature of 16-, 29-, 35- and 42-Across? |
| 33% | HIDDENGEMS | 10 | Relatively unknown quality items ... and what can be found in 16-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 33% | MINT | 4 | Treasury Department unit once located in 16- and 55-Across and 15- and 28-Down |
| 32% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Dryer screen used to "catch" a hidden word in 16-, 22-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 32% | PICKYPICKYPICKY | 15 | "So particular!" … or, in different senses, like 17-, 32- and 42-Across? |
| 32% | ONESWEETDAY | 11 | Song by 42-Across and Boyz II Men that spent a record 16 weeks at #1 in 1995-1996: 3 wds. |
| 31% | NOTESOFTHESCALE | 15 | Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 31% | NORAHJONES | 10 | "Don't Know Why," 16-Across, 28-Across, and 35-Across singer whose ninth studio album was released in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | Actress who plays Cookie on "Empire" and stars in 28-Across (3 wds.) |
| 31% | RTS | 3 | Football linemen, for short, caught in 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across? |