| 100% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 48% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 47% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair challenge … or a hint to the last words of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 43% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 43% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 42% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 42% | TRAFFIC | 7 | Word that can precede the last word of 17- and 63-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 42% | TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | 16 | Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? |
| 41% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 41% | BUILDABEAR | 10 | What you can do by combining the last words of 17-, 30- and 44-Across |
| 41% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 40% | DESIGNATED | 10 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 40% | ABOUTAFOOT | 10 | How tall Barbie is ... or what the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 47-Across are? |
| 40% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 40% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 40% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 40% | CARDS | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 39% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 39% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 39% | LOSSLEADER | 10 | Retailer's drawing card, and what the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across can be |
| 39% | HORSETRAILERS | 13 | Equestrian transport vehicles, and what the last words of 20-, 25-, and 45-Across can be |
| 39% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 38% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 38% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 38% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 38% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 38% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | Where to find the last words of 17-, 22-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 37% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 37% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Icebreaking party game ... or what can follow the last words of 18-, 28-, and 50-Across |