| 100% | GOBELLYUP | 9 | File for Chapter 11 ... or do an 18-, 20-, 60- or 64-Across |
| 37% | BANKRUPT | 8 | Filing for Chapter 11 protection |
| 31% | PASSFAIL | 8 | 64-Across's option for a 38-Across or a 13-, 18-, 28- or 42-Down |
| 31% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 30% | ONA | 3 | With 60-Across, doing great ... or where to find 18-, 24-, 35-, 51- and 57-Across? |
| 30% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 30% | COUNT | 5 | With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer) |
| 30% | YOUCANCALLMEAL | 14 | 1986 hit song for Paul Simon ... or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 29% | MINOR | 5 | Someone below 18, age-wise or an antonym for "huge" |
| 29% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint to 18-, 20-, 55- and 58-Across |
| 28% | THELETTERS | 10 | When read as three words, suitable sponsor for "Sesame Street" and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across |
| 28% | JOINHANDS | 9 | Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do |
| 28% | ANIMALSPIRITS | 13 | Keynesian term for emotional factors that affect financial decision-making . . . or an apt description of 18-, 24-, 50-, and 57-Across |
| 28% | ITSNOTACRIME | 12 | "I did nothing wrong!," or an apt title for this puzzle? |
| 28% | GEM | 3 | One of 17-, 18-, 37-, 60- or 62-Across |
| 27% | DEBT | 4 | Cause for Chapter 11 |
| 27% | DEFENSIVELINES | 14 | Spots for some tackles, or a description of 20-, 24- and 41-Across |
| 27% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 27% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 27% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Apt command to an 18-, 28- or 47-Across |
| 27% | ESSAYS | 6 | 60-Across output or 18-Across synonym |
| 26% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 26% | ALUM | 4 | 18-Across, 32-Across, or 42-Across, notably, for short |
| 26% | WIZARDOFAAHS | 12 | Alternative name for 18-, 29- or 51-Across? |
| 26% | ADULT | 5 | For an 18+ audience |
| 26% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 26% | METALBAND | 9 | Wedding ring, for example ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| 26% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across |
| 26% | FINGERPAINTS | 12 | Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 25% | GETTHEPICTURE | 13 | Comprehend ... or what 20-, 29- and 47-Across do, finally |