| 100% | BOYS | 4 | First and last word of a common four-word saw |
| 54% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Musketeers' motto |
| 53% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Three Musketeers' motto |
| 52% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 50% | DEAR | 4 | Common first word of a letter |
| 50% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Musketeers' motto, from the 1991 film "The Three Musketeers" |
| 50% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 48% | AFTER | 5 | Last word of the first verse of "Jack and Jill" |
| 48% | NAIAD | 5 | Word that's aptly an anagram of Diana Nyad's first name and a homophone of her last name |
| 48% | SYNS | 4 | Roget offerings (abbr.) ... or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 47% | IAM | 3 | First (and last) two words of "Green Eggs and Ham" |
| 47% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 47% | TAKEANL | 7 | Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first |
| 45% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 45% | TEASEAPART | 10 | Carefully distinguish ... or a phonetic hint to the first and last letters of 17-, 26-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| 45% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 45% | MAJOR | 5 | First name, middle name, last name, and rank of a "Catch-22" character |
| 45% | DEAL | 4 | First (and last) word in a Howie Mandel game show title |
| 44% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | Mundane musings, or what the last words of 20-, 32-, and 39-Across have in common? |
| 44% | SCRAMBLEDEGGS | 13 | Breakfast order ... and a hint to the last words of 17-, 26-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 44% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair challenge … or a hint to the last words of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 44% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of a prayer |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of a sermon |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of a hymn |
| 44% | ORELSE | 6 | Last words of a threat |
| 44% | COMEONLINES | 11 | Words from a pickup artist, and, if reinterpreted, each of the four theme answers |
| 44% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 44% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 44% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |