| 100% | HOTHEADED | 9 | Impetuous, and what 16-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across are, initially |
| 55% | OVERSHARING | 11 | Social sin ... and what 17-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across are guilty of? |
| 54% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 51% | LAUNDRYLIST | 11 | Extensive enumeration ... or what's formed by the ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 51% | TWOHOUSES | 9 | What 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 47-Across are each composed of |
| 49% | MOVINGPARTS | 11 | Working components of an engine ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 34- and 47-Across are? |
| 48% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 47% | SOUNDSGOOD | 10 | "It's a plan" … and what might be said of 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 47% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |
| 46% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture of 2014 ... or what 18-, 23-, 28-, 34-, 46- and 56-Across each is? |
| 46% | COCKTAILS | 9 | What 17-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across are |
| 45% | SHOPKEEPERS | 11 | Stocking experts, and what 16-, 19-, 51- and 57-Across literally are |
| 45% | COOKIES | 7 | What 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across are types of |
| 45% | BIGWHEELS | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak |
| 44% | ABITETOEAT | 10 | Some chow, and what 17-, 23-, 33- and 48-Across sound like, fittingly |
| 44% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 44% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 44% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Trial run for a new restaurant, and what 16-, 25-, 34- and 51-Across all have |
| 44% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| 44% | LIDOSHUFFLE | 11 | Boz Scaggs hit with the lyric "One more for the road," and what can be found in 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across? |
| 44% | BREAKTHINGS | 11 | See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 44% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 43% | THINGSTHATBREAK | 15 | What 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across are |
| 43% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 43% | CLUBSANDWICHES | 14 | Layered lunch orders ... or a hint to 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 43% | BEERINGREDIENTS | 15 | What's found hidden inside 16-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 43% | ONTHEBENCH | 10 | Place where 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across might be found |
| 43% | BEEKEEPER | 9 | Apiculturist ... and, playfully, what 16-, 22-, 36- or 49-Across is |
| 43% | BRINGEMON | 9 | Fighter's dare … or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 42% | STAYSINVEGAS | 12 | Second half of a famous tourism slogan, and what 16-, 22-, 43-, and 51-Across literally are |