| 100% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 68% | SKYWRITING | 10 | Message from a pilot ... or what 17-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across each is? |
| 64% | MIDDLENAME | 10 | What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 63% | BIGWHEELS | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak |
| 61% | REVERSINGCOURSE | 15 | Backtracking ... or what 17-, 27- and 46-Across are doing? |
| 61% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Ballpark events, or what 17-, 31- and 48-Across all have |
| 60% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 59% | HAVETHEFINALSAY | 15 | Hold ultimate authority . . . or what 17-, 29-, 36-, and 45-Across do, phonetically |
| 59% | BIGBREAK | 8 | Opportunity for success, or what 17-, 29-, 45-, and 61-Across each have |
| 59% | SPLITINFINITIVE | 15 | Grammatical infelicity ... or what 17-, 23-, 48- or 60-Across is? |
| 59% | INSIDEINFO | 10 | Dirt ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 48-Across all have? |
| 59% | TODOLIST | 8 | Planner's aid ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across are? |
| 58% | DETECTIVES | 10 | What 17-Across and 29-Across are in Agatha Christie mysteries |
| 57% | THINGSTHATBREAK | 15 | What 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across are |
| 56% | NAMEOFTHEGAME | 13 | Essential part necessary for fulfilling a goal ... or what 17-, 25-, 48- and 57-Across all have? |
| 56% | HAPPYMEAL | 9 | Certain fast-food offering ... or what 17-, 27- and 48-Across certainly don't add up to? |
| 56% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 54% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Intellectual property protection ... or what the starts of 17-, 21-, 39- and 57-Across once were |
| 54% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 54% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 53% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 53% | ITSNOTFAIR | 10 | Petulant cry, and what might be said about 17-, 26-, or 44-Across? |
| 52% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 52% | FITTOBETIED | 11 | Really steamed ... or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are? |
| 52% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 51% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 51% | DOUBLEPLAYCOMBO | 15 | What 17-, 25- and 43-Across were, famously |
| 51% | SHOWOFHANDS | 11 | Quick polling method, and what 17-, 29-, and 49-Across all are, in different ways |
| 50% | BEARFRUIT | 9 | Be productive ... or what the answers at 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across do? |
| 50% | BATONWIELDERS | 13 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are |