| 100% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Fictional feline from Japan … or how one might greet 17-, 24-, 54- or 65-Across |
| 35% | MAYOCLINIC | 10 | Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 33% | ANDY | 4 | Boy's name … or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? |
| 31% | ONTHELINE | 9 | At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 30% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |
| 30% | ALOUD | 5 | How one might think or read |
| 30% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | Words before legal action … or what one might exclaim to 19-, 24- and 45-Across? |
| 29% | KEYWEST | 7 | Florida island ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across |
| 29% | WHATATOOL | 9 | Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across? |
| 29% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 28% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 28% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 28% | SQUAREMEAL | 10 | Nutritiously balanced plateful ... or what 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across may constitute? |
| 28% | TABBY | 5 | Certain lap warmer, or how one might playfully describe this puzzle's longest answers |
| 27% | CANYOUBELIEVEIT | 15 | "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 27% | IMALLEARS | 9 | "You have my full attention" … or something 17-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across might say? |
| 27% | UPSET | 5 | Surprising outcome in sports, or how fans might feel after one |
| 27% | INJEOPARDY | 10 | At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across? |
| 27% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-. 57- and 65-Across |
| 26% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 26% | JCREW | 5 | Retail clothing giant ... or a description of 17- and 54-Across and 10- and 24-Down? |
| 26% | OUTMUSCLED | 10 | Overpowered ... or how the Across answers with circles might be described? |
| 26% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 25% | BAAAT | 5 | Greet or warn verbally, as one sheep might another |
| 25% | GOOD | 4 | With 65-Across, comment that might be heard after the start of 17-, 28-, 45- or 59-Across |
| 25% | HEADPHONES | 10 | They bring music to one's ears ... or a hint to 17-, 21-, 33-, 45- and 54-Across |
| 25% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 25% | IFIWEREYOU | 10 | Lead-in to a bit of advice, and a hint as to how 17-, 24-, 37- and 45-Across might arise |
| 25% | DRUMROLL | 8 | Display of skill one might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down … depicted literally four times in this puzzle |
| 25% | IMDB | 4 | One place to find 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across ... or, parsed differently, how these people might introduce themselves |