| 100% | PORTMANTEAUWORD | 15 | Description of 14-, 18-, 26-, 29-, 46-, 48-, 57- or 66-Across |
| 42% | FANCYDRESSER | 12 | General description of a 26-, 46- or 53-Across |
| 42% | DEVIOUS | 7 | Tricky ... or a tricky description of 18-, 29-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across |
| 37% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Baseball rarities nowadays ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 37% | DOUBLETALK | 10 | Deliberately ambiguous language, and an apt description of 18-, 26-, and 46-Across |
| 36% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 36% | PRMEN | 5 | Promoters ... or a description of 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across? |
| 34% | SIGHTUNSEEN | 11 | Literal description of something that is 18-, 24-, 40- or 49-Across |
| 34% | ELON | 4 | PayPal co-founder ___ Musk [anagram of 14- or 48-Across] |
| 34% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunts between teams, or an apt description of 16-, 29-, and 48-Across? |
| 33% | POINTOFNORETURN | 15 | Punny description for 17-, 26- or 48-Across |
| 33% | DOH | 3 | Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across |
| 33% | THISTOOSHALLPASS | 16 | Adage on the impermanence of suffering ... or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 31% | BONEYM | 6 | "Rasputin" band... or a description of 6 and 14 Across? |
| 31% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 30% | MIDAUGHTS | 9 | Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across |
| 30% | PING | 4 | With 57-Across, game that includes the starts of 17-, 29-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 30% | ONWARDANDUPWARD | 15 | Aspirant's motto ... or, phonetically, what 18-, 23-, 47- and 57-Across each consist of |
| 30% | SKEIN | 5 | Coiled yarn ... or a flock of wild 26 Across |
| 30% | PIDAY | 5 | Mid-March celebration ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 25-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 30% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture of 2014 ... or what 18-, 23-, 28-, 34-, 46- and 56-Across each is? |
| 29% | PENCILMEIN | 10 | Tentative "It's a date" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 29% | TOTALLYRIPPED | 13 | Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across |
| 29% | ZEROMOSTEL | 10 | Previous portrayer of 57 Across' role in 46 Across |
| 29% | DELIVERANCE | 11 | 1972 thriller set in the backwoods of Georgia … or a plot point in 18-, 29- and 49-Across? |
| 29% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Description of 25- and 26-Across |
| 29% | CREATIVEGENIUS | 14 | Frequent description of 57-Across |
| 28% | TEASEAPART | 10 | Carefully distinguish ... or a phonetic hint to the first and last letters of 17-, 26-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| 28% | WAR | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 15-, 18-, 34-, 48- or 55-Across |
| 28% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Commonplace utterance ... or a description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? |