| 100% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 42% | MULLIGANS | 9 | These might be given on a golf course, after the ends of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 40% | DNASAMPLE | 9 | Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28- and 47-Across |
| 38% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 38% | FRESHAIR | 8 | Something new and different might be described as a breath of it |
| 37% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 37% | MATCHMAKERS | 11 | Facilitators of love connections, and a hint to the first words of 17-, 28- and 47-Across |
| 36% | BEANCOUNTER | 11 | Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? |
| 36% | RANT | 4 | Post that might be described as a “wall of text” |
| 36% | SOUNDSGOOD | 10 | "It's a plan" … and what might be said of 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 34% | MATINEEIDOL | 11 | Figure described by the first words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| 34% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Time of life … and a hint to 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| 34% | ALLLEGS | 7 | How a gangly person might be described |
| 34% | SQUAREMEAL | 10 | Nourishing repast, of which 17-, 26- or 44-Across might be a literal component |
| 33% | GOLDWEDDINGO | 12 | It may be engraved with two sets of initials and a date |
| 33% | SIXWAYSTOSUNDAY | 15 | Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 33% | FRESH | 5 | With 28 Across, a new beginning (and with how 2020 has gone, we might all need it) |
| 33% | COUNTERFEITCOIN | 15 | Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 33% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 33% | FATE | 4 | "Chance" found on the outsides of 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 33% | ROUGHSTART | 10 | Inauspicious beginning, or a feature of 17-, 24, and 47-Across |
| 33% | EYES | 4 | Body part where 28-Across may be "pulled over" in a bit of deception |
| 32% | DOUBLE | 6 | It can precede the first words of 17-, 28-, 35-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 32% | SPRINGROLLS | 11 | Chinese appetizers ... or a punny description of 17-, 28-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 32% | THOMASRHETT | 11 | 17-Across and 28-Across singer who was the 2019 Academy of Country Music's Male Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SUBTLY | 6 | How a clever and sneaky hint might be delivered |
| 32% | GOOD | 4 | With 65-Across, comment that might be heard after the start of 17-, 28-, 45- or 59-Across |
| 32% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 32% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 32% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 Greta Gerwig film starring Emma Watson, 17-Across, and 28-Across based on a Louisa May Alcott novel (2 wds.) |