| 100% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 100% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 59% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 55% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 51% | DNA | 3 | Building block of life, and what's hidden in this puzzle's 4 longest answers |
| 51% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | BATMAN | 6 | 1960s TV icon whose name follows a pair of letters found, appropriately, 16 times in this puzzle's Across answers |
| 49% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 49% | UTTERNONSENSE | 13 | What you find in eight of this puzzle's answers...or what you do when you say them aloud? |
| 48% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 48% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | End of a testy exchange, and what can be found four times in this puzzle, thanks to four black squares |
| 48% | HALFTHEBATTLE | 13 | Important part of an undertaking . . . or what can be found in eight of this puzzle’s answers? |
| 47% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 47% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 46% | RAISINGTHEFLAG | 14 | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | SOAPBUBBLES | 11 | Products of a child's wand, and what are literally rising in this puzzle's circles |
| 45% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 45% | SMALL | 5 | With 62-Across, a trifling amount . . . and what’s found in four places in this puzzle |
| 45% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 45% | ADVANCETEAMS | 12 | Groups that do prep work ahead of an event, and a directive followed by this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 44% | ALL | 3 | With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 44% | DND | 3 | Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 44% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 44% | PARTTIMEJOB | 11 | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| 44% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group |
| 44% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group |
| 44% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Covert missions ... or what's covert in eight of this puzzle's answers |