| 100% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 45% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 45% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 43% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 41% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 40% | SUGARSUBSTITUTE | 15 | Artificial sweetener ... and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally |
| 40% | TWINS | 5 | Minnesota baseball team ... or what 18-, 30-, 44- and 53-Across all are |
| 40% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Free motel offering nowadays ... or what 18-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across do? |
| 40% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking |
| 40% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 39% | HOLLYWOODSQUARES | 16 | Classic TV game show ... or what 18-, 25-, 55- and 66-Across are, in a way |
| 39% | LONGDIVISION | 12 | Arithmetic exercise ... or what literally occurs in 20-, 33- and 40-Across? |
| 39% | MADETHEALIST | 12 | Achieved great fame ... or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48-Across did? |
| 39% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Typical annual meeting attendee ... or what 18-, 24- and 51-Across each can be, in a way |
| 38% | SAFESPACES | 10 | Bias-free environments, or what 20-Across and 27- and 35-Down are |
| 38% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 38% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 38% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 38% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 38% | SKYWRITING | 10 | Message from a pilot ... or what 17-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across each is? |
| 38% | SPARETIRE | 9 | Trunk item ... or what has been put on 18-, 24-, 41- and 53-Across? |
| 38% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 38% | ONANDONANDON | 12 | How a motormouth talks ... or what 20-, 29- and 43-Across literally have in common |
| 38% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Secondary identity ... or what can be found in 18-, 27-, 40-, 54- and 66-Across |
| 38% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 37% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Intellectual property protection ... or what the starts of 17-, 21-, 39- and 57-Across once were |
| 37% | UPSDELIVERY | 11 | Package on the porch ... or what's been brought to 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 37% | SHOPKEEPERS | 11 | Stocking experts, and what 16-, 19-, 51- and 57-Across literally are |
| 37% | NAMEOFTHEGAME | 13 | Essential part necessary for fulfilling a goal ... or what 17-, 25-, 48- and 57-Across all have? |
| 37% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |