| 100% | OUTSIDECAT | 10 | Feline user of a pet door, and a feature of 18-, 23-, 38-, and 50-Across? |
| 50% | SIDEOFBEEF | 10 | Slab in a meat locker, and a feature of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 50% | BEADYEYES | 9 | Rodentlike features, and a phonetic hint to a segment of 18-, 23-, 36-, and 50-Across |
| 46% | KEYBOARDSHORTCUT | 16 | Computer user’s time-saver . . . or, in another sense, a feature of 18-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across? |
| 46% | FINALFOUR | 9 | March Madness component that's a phonetic hint to 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 45% | MONEYMONEYMONEY | 15 | 1976 Abba song ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 44% | FOURWAYSTOP | 11 | Feature of some intersections ... or a five-word hint to 17-, 23-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 43% | FSTOP | 5 | Camera lens setting, and a feature of both ends of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57- Across? |
| 42% | GOTTACATCHEMALL | 15 | Pokémon slogan, and a hint to the ends of 18-, 23-, 50- and 56-Across |
| 42% | DOUBLEUP | 8 | Share a single bed ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 42% | SHIPWRECKS | 10 | Sea disasters, and a hint to what's literally hidden in 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 41% | BACKTOOTH | 9 | Molar, or a feature of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 50-Across |
| 41% | BUSINESSEND | 11 | Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 41% | BACKUPPLAN | 10 | Safety net, of a sort, and a literal feature of 17-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |
| 41% | HIDDENCOST | 10 | Unexpected expense ... or a feature of 17-, 23-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 40% | RECCENTER | 9 | Gym locale ... or feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 40% | HIDDENTEXT | 10 | Invisible writing on a computer screen ... or a component of 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across? |
| 40% | MIDDLEEARTH | 11 | "The Lord of the Rings" setting ... or a feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across? |
| 40% | GOTMILK | 7 | Ad campaign featuring white mustaches, and a hint to the starts of the answers to 18-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across |
| 40% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Guard aggressively, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 38-, and 50-Across |
| 39% | SAUSAGELINK | 11 | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 39% | BADSPORTS | 9 | Those who don't handle defeat well ... or a description of 18-, 23-, 45-, and 56-Across |
| 39% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 39% | ITSTHEPITS | 10 | "Awful!" ... or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 38% | SPINCYCLE | 9 | Washer action ... or a hint to four consecutive letters inside 18-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 38% | WHATSPOPPIN | 11 | Slangy question of greeting ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across |
| 38% | TASTEMAKERS | 11 | Influential sorts ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 38% | OPENSEAS | 8 | Clear sailing areas … or, homophonically, a feature of 16-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across (and every clue in this puzzle!) |
| 38% | TAUTOLOGICAL | 12 | Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages |
| 37% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a feature of 4-, 9-, 17- and 23-Down |