| 100% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Free motel offering nowadays ... or what 18-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across do? |
| 44% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 44% | FRAMEWORK | 9 | Basic structure, or what a 19-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across do? |
| 43% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 42% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 42% | OPENFORBUSINESS | 15 | Sign outside a new store, or what the first words of 18-, 24-, 52-, and 59-Across can do? |
| 42% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 41% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 39% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking |
| 39% | SHOWSOMELEG | 11 | Not dress overmodestly ... or what 18-, 25- and 43-Across each do? |
| 39% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 36% | ALTEREGO | 8 | Secondary identity ... or what can be found in 18-, 27-, 40-, 54- and 66-Across |
| 34% | FUSEBOXES | 9 | Electrical panels found in older homes … or what 18-, 24-, 35- and 53-Across do (regarding each half of each answer)? |
| 34% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 33% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 33% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 33% | HIDDENCOSTS | 11 | Surprises for buyers ... or what 18-, 28- and 43-Across contain |
| 33% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 32% | POPUP | 5 | Easy-to-catch hit ... or what 1-, 21-, 26-, 48- and 55-Across all do |
| 32% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Imitate, and what the last words of 18-, 26-, and 42-Across can do |
| 32% | TAPS | 4 | Bugle tune ... or what one does to 1-, 18-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across |
| 32% | DOUBLETREE | 10 | Hilton hotel chain ... or what 18-, 29- and 49-Across each have |
| 32% | WOWFACTOR | 9 | Pizazz ... or what 18-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across each has? |
| 32% | THEYCANBESPIKED | 15 | What 18-, 23-, 52- and 61-Across have in common |
| 32% | BANDLEADER | 10 | Musical conductor ... and what the end of 18-, 23-, 40- or 51-Across can be? |
| 32% | BOREFRUIT | 9 | Turned out successfully ... or what the parents of 16-, 19-, 52- and 57-Across did? |
| 32% | XFACTOR | 7 | Mystery quality ... or what 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 32-Down have? |
| 32% | IVEGOTYOURNUMBER | 16 | "You're not fooling me!," or what 18-, 28-, and 43-Across might say? |
| 31% | STAKEOUT | 8 | Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across? |
| 31% | FOULLANGUAGE | 12 | Profanity ... or what 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across start with? |