| 100% | THREERS | 7 | Elementary education ... or feature of the last words punned upon in 17-, 29-, 49- and 66-Across |
| 40% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 39% | STEM | 4 | Feature of the items in the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 37% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 37% | MIDDLEEARTH | 11 | "The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across? |
| 37% | CAPS | 4 | Feature of the last word in this CLUE |
| 36% | OUTOFDANGER | 11 | Safe ... or how the last words of 16-, 23- and 49-Across are made? |
| 36% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | Words said over a lit birthday cake, and upon the start of 17-, 26-, or 42-Across |
| 36% | WESTPOINT | 9 | School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 35% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | Mundane musings, or what the last words of 20-, 32-, and 39-Across have in common? |
| 35% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 35% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 35% | STOPTHE | 7 | Words that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 35% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 35% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 35% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | Where to find the last words of 17-, 22-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 35% | MARGHERITAPIZZA | 15 | Dish made using the last words of 17-, 22-, 39-, and 50-Across |
| 34% | KEEPSANEYEON | 12 | Looks after, as suggested by the last word of 20-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 34% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 34% | BELOWTHEBELT | 12 | Grossly unfair, or where you find the last words of 20-, 29-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 34% | LINE | 4 | Synonym of the last parts of 17- and 66-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 34% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 34% | ITMEANSALOT | 11 | “That’s so nice of you” . . . and a literal description of the last word in 17-, 21-, 39-, or 57-Across |
| 34% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 33% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair challenge … or a hint to the last words of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 33% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 33% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 33% | SAUSAGELINK | 11 | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 33% | MOUNTAINEER | 11 | One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb |
| 33% | TAKEANL | 7 | Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first |