| 100% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 73% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 71% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 68% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 66% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 66% | EMPTYWORDS | 10 | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| 65% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 64% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 64% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 63% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 63% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 62% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 62% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 60% | RISINGSEALEVELS | 15 | One effect of global warming, and a hint to the five longest Down answers |
| 60% | ILLSECONDTHAT | 13 | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| 59% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 59% | DOUBLEDOG | 9 | Schoolyard dare intensifier ... and a hint to the five other longest answers |
| 59% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 58% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 57% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 56% | HAMMEDITUP | 10 | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 56% | STORMYWEATHER | 13 | Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem's Cotton Club ... and a hint to four other long answers |
| 56% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 56% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Perm problem, and a hint to the four two-part answers |
| 55% | WATER | 5 | With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers |
| 54% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 54% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 53% | RANDD | 5 | Company's creative dept., and a hint to the five long Across answers |
| 53% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 53% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |