| 100% | THERATPACK | 10 | Group with members hidden in 17-, 24- and 46-Across |
| 48% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 47% | WORD | 4 | With 33-Across, anagrams and puns (or parts hidden in 17-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across) |
| 44% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 43% | OPEC | 4 | Intl. group with two South American members and none in North America |
| 43% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 43% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 43% | NORSEGODS | 9 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 42% | HERBS | 5 | Things hidden in 17-. 23-, 49- and 57-Across |
| 42% | SSS | 3 | Reptilian warning found in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across |
| 41% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 41% | GREEK | 5 | Kind of letters hidden in 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 40% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 40% | PLANETS | 7 | Names hidden in 20-, 28-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 40% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 39% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 39% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 39% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 39% | LONE | 4 | Synonym for "solitary" confined in 17-, 30-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 39% | EASYDOESIT | 10 | "Careful now" ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 39% | CHANGEOFCLOTHES | 15 | Overnight bag item ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 24-. 51- and 63-Across |
| 39% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Card game whose winning hands can be found hidden in 17-, 27-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 39% | SOFTG | 5 | Sound heard in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 39% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that's hiding in 18-, 33-, and 46-Across |
| 38% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 38% | MIDTERMS | 8 | Some tests ... or what's found literally in 17-, 24-, 30-, 39- and 44-Across |
| 38% | NOTHING | 7 | There is ___ hidden in 16-, 22-, 46- and 57-Across...or is there? |
| 38% | DBA | 3 | Corp. alias found in 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 38% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | With 49-Across, where 17-, 24- and 39-Across are seen |