| 100% | ABE | 3 | He can be seen at the western end of the National Mall, informally |
| 45% | BATARANGS | 9 | DC Comics weapons, one of which can be seen at the Smithsonian |
| 43% | THOR | 4 | Chris Hemsworth role that can be found scrambled at the end of Hemsworth |
| 43% | ICH | 3 | German pronoun that can be found at the end of "which" or "ostrich" |
| 42% | CHER | 4 | Singer/actress whose name can be found at the ends of 17-, 31-, and 43-Across |
| 41% | MARTIANMISSIONS | 15 | NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across |
| 41% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across |
| 41% | CORNWALL | 8 | English county at the western end of the Tin Route |
| 41% | DOGTAGS | 7 | Military IDs on chains, and what can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 40% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 40% | LINCOLNMEMORIAL | 15 | Monument on one end of the National Mall |
| 39% | AGE | 3 | *Birthday candle count...or a word that can be found at the end of 16a, 18a, 21a, 31a, 43a, 35d, and 40d |
| 38% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| 38% | KAL | 3 | Actor Penn whose character was written out of "House" so he could work at the White House |
| 38% | EMS | 3 | They can be seen in the middle of summer |
| 38% | IRELAND | 7 | Cork can be found at the bottom of it |
| 37% | PATENTS | 7 | Sony's filing of a McDonald's commercial that can be ended by shouting "McDonald's!" at the screen, and the like |
| 37% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that could be seen above the water |
| 37% | ACH | 3 | German cry that can be found at the start of "achoo" |
| 36% | PUR | 3 | Water filter brand that can be found at the beginning of "purple" |
| 36% | END | 3 | "The ___," seen at the end of cartoons or films |
| 36% | LANES | 5 | Pins are placed at the end of them |
| 36% | PEAK | 4 | & 13D Tourist area at the southern end of the Pennines; first national park of England and Wales |
| 36% | PETROGLYPHS | 11 | Images that can be seen at El Morro National Monument’s Inscription Rock |
| 36% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Revelation, or what can be found at the starts of the starred answers |
| 36% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 36% | FACEUP | 6 | The way cards are shown at the end of a hand |
| 36% | LURE | 4 | What's seen at the end of the line |
| 36% | LANE | 4 | It can have pins at the end of it |
| 36% | TEASE | 5 | Verb for which synonyms can be found at the beginnings of the starred answers |