| 100% | POPUP | 5 | Easy-to-catch hit ... or what 1-, 21-, 26-, 48- and 55-Across all do |
| 46% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 42% | BACKWARDDAY | 11 | Time to do things out of order, or what appears in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across |
| 41% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "I'll catch up!" ... or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across do? |
| 39% | CARRIESNOWEIGHT | 15 | Has little significance ... and to all intents and purposes, what the first word of 17-, 27- and 48-Across does |
| 39% | TAPS | 4 | Bugle tune ... or what one does to 1-, 18-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across |
| 38% | MUCKRAKERS | 10 | What 17, 21, 37, and 55 Across are all examples of |
| 37% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 37% | INSIDEINFO | 10 | Dirt ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 48-Across all have? |
| 37% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Ballpark events, or what 17-, 31- and 48-Across all have |
| 37% | MADETHEALIST | 12 | Achieved great fame ... or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48-Across did? |
| 37% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 37% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 36% | FROMMETOYOU | 11 | 1963 Beatles hit ... or a hint to 16-, 26-, and 42-Across |
| 36% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 36% | OUTOFORDERSIGNS | 15 | Some bathroom postings ... or what the clues to 16-, 21-, 46- and 59-Across are? |
| 36% | BYEBYEBYE | 9 | 2000 'N Sync hit ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across |
| 35% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 35% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 35% | HAPPYMEAL | 9 | Certain fast-food offering ... or what 17-, 27- and 48-Across certainly don't add up to? |
| 35% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Easy preparation instruction ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 34% | BREAKDANCE | 10 | Debut sport at the Paris Olympics, or what 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across do to their circled letters |
| 34% | MAKELEMONADE | 12 | What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 34% | FREECLIMB | 9 | What 15- and 48-Across did to reach the top of the cliff: Hyph. |
| 34% | CARRYUMBRELLAS | 14 | What 16- and 37-Across and 11- and 24-Down were all known to do |
| 34% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 33% | PENCILMEIN | 10 | Tentative "It's a date" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 33% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Free motel offering nowadays ... or what 18-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across do? |
| 33% | SAYWHAT | 7 | "Huh?" ... or a possible response to 1-, 19-, 25-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 33% | RECIPE | 6 | With 58-Across, conditions likely to lead to catastrophe, or what 16-, 21-, 26-, and 45-Across are ingredients for? |