100% | CPI | 3 | Economic statistic that hints at the cost of living: Abbr. |
43% | CLOCK | 5 | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
42% | MONSTERSINC | 11 | 2001 Pixar movie that hints at the first parts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
41% | FYI | 3 | Abbr. that's at the start of many forwarded emails |
38% | RICEKRISPIES | 12 | Breakfast brand since 1928 that hints at the starts of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
38% | WHATATOOL | 9 | Common put-down that hints at the ends of 17-, 21-, 53- and 58-Across |
38% | CPI | 3 | Cost of living stat: Abbr. |
38% | PLL | 3 | Show that follows the lives of Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily: Abbr. |
37% | OPTS | 4 | ___ for (picks one choice at the cost of another) |
37% | FREE | 4 | "Buy one, get one ___" (two at the cost of one) |
36% | AETAT | 5 | At the age of: Lat., abbr. |
35% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Hit Netflix show that hints at the theme hidden in the puzzle's borders |
34% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | Narrative device that peeks at the future ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31-, and 48-Across |
34% | FRANGLAIS | 9 | Hybrid linguistic term that hints at the answers to 17-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across |
34% | TIMES | 5 | "Fast ___ at Ridgemont High," 1982 film starring Sean Penn that chronicles a year in the lives of high school students |
34% | TECHDEBT | 8 | The cost of implementing an easy solution that requires more work later, in programming |
33% | EST | 3 | Contractor's guess at the final cost: Abbr. |
33% | NYT | 3 | Newspaper at the city that never sleeps: Abbr. |
33% | BELL | 4 | Thing that rings at the end of class |
33% | ENC | 3 | Abbr. at the bottom of a letter |
33% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
33% | MESSRS | 6 | Abbr. at the head of a letter |
33% | CONT | 4 | Abbr. at the bottom of a page |
33% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the top of a memo |
33% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
33% | ENCL | 4 | Abbr. at the bottom of a letter |
33% | BCC | 3 | Abbr. at the top of an email |
33% | ATTN | 4 | Abbr. at the start of a memo |
33% | MPS | 3 | Representatives at the House of Commons: Abbr. |
33% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of company names |