| 100% | NEWBEGINNINGS | 13 | Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? |
| 39% | WOWFACTOR | 9 | Pizazz ... or what 18-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across each has? |
| 38% | TOBEFAIR | 8 | "Admittedly …," or, when said aloud, a punny description of 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 37% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 37% | THEYCANBESPIKED | 15 | What 18-, 23-, 52- and 61-Across have in common |
| 35% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 35% | TWINS | 5 | Minnesota baseball team ... or what 18-, 30-, 44- and 53-Across all are |
| 34% | SPARETIRE | 9 | Trunk item ... or what has been put on 18-, 24-, 41- and 53-Across? |
| 34% | CASHUPFRONT | 11 | Demand for payment prior to service, or what 18-, 27-, 41-, and 54-Across all have |
| 34% | STARTUP | 7 | With 39-Across, seed money ... or what 18-, 24-, 48- and 58-Across each has |
| 32% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs ... or what 17-, 23-, 51- and 61-Across have |
| 32% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 32% | BESTPICTUREWINNER | 17 | What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud |
| 31% | NET | 3 | Have left when all is said and done |
| 31% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 31% | EYES | 4 | What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have |
| 31% | TWOKINDSOFBOATS | 15 | What 18-, 23-, 55- and 63-Across each comprises |
| 30% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" … or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across |
| 30% | IFITOLLEDTHEM | 13 | With 36- and 44-Across, what 17-Across might have said when his job became too repetitious? |
| 30% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking |
| 29% | FRESHSTART | 10 | What a new year can give you ... or what 17-, 23-, 34-, and 49-Across can have? |
| 29% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 29% | EXTRAEXTRA | 10 | Old street cry, or what's in 18-, 23-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across? |
| 29% | WHATSPOPPIN | 11 | Slangy question of greeting ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across |
| 29% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 29% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning ... or what 16-, 23-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across each have? |
| 29% | FIVESTARS | 9 | What 17-, 23-, 33- and 47-Across each have |
| 29% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | What 17-, 23-, 38- and 55-Across have |
| 29% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 29% | ONWARDANDUPWARD | 15 | Aspirant's motto ... or, phonetically, what 18-, 23-, 47- and 57-Across each consist of |