| 100% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate ... or a hint to five nonconsecutive letters in 20-Across, 36-Across and 7-Down |
| 57% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 50% | DOTDOTDOT | 9 | Indication of more to come … or a hint to a feature of three consecutive letters in 18-, 20-, 59- and 61-Across |
| 50% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 49% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 49% | OPENANDSHUTCASE | 15 | Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 49% | THEDESCENTOFMAN | 15 | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
| 49% | JACKSTOOPEN | 11 | Five-card draw variation ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 36- and 44-Across |
| 48% | STRIKETHAT | 10 | Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across |
| 48% | ACDC | 4 | "Highway to Hell" rock group … or a hint to electrical switches found in 16-, 23-, 36-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 48% | CHANGEDIRECTION | 15 | Take a new path ... or a hint to 20-, 36-, 41- and 57-Across |
| 48% | PLANTMANAGERS | 13 | Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across |
| 48% | NO | 2 | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 47% | KEEPITBETWEENUS | 15 | "Let this be our little secret" … or a hint to letter sequences hidden in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 47% | SPIN | 4 | Twirl ... or a cryptic hint to 20-, 36- and 51-Across? |
| 46% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 46% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Empire State Building locale ... or a hint to three letters in 16-, 19-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 46% | COUNTRYSTAR | 11 | Grand Ole Opry performer ... or a hint to 17-/18-Across and 23- and 36-Down |
| 45% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 45% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 45% | DROPTHETHE | 10 | Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 45% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Pleasing to look at ... or a phonetic hint to a two-letter sequence in 16-, 20-, 51- and 56-Across |
| 45% | ANDY | 4 | "Toy Story" boy ... or, with the circled letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across |
| 44% | FLOSS | 5 | Dentist's advice … or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 44% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | It "cannot stand" per 1-Down ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 43% | WORDSQUARE | 10 | Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | PLANETARY | 9 | With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 43% | GETLOST | 7 | Scram ... or a hint to solving 17-, 20-, 50- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 43% | TRIPLEOVERTIME | 14 | Uncommon period in basketball ... or a hint to 19- and 37-Across and 4- and 48-Down |
| 43% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |