| 100% | CLOUT | 5 | Influence ... and a hint to 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 67% | ATOZ | 4 | All-inclusive, and a hint to 20-, 28-, 49- and 56-Across |
| 64% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hairy issue, or a hint to 20-, 26- and 51-Across |
| 63% | TRIPLEX | 7 | Three-screen cinema ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 60% | HOWSWEETITIS | 12 | Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 60% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 58% | MISSINGLINK | 11 | What separates man from beast ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 32-, 46-, and 51-Across? |
| 58% | THREEON | 7 | Bases loaded ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 26-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 57% | MIDDLEAMERICA | 13 | Heartland, and a hint to 20-, 27-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 57% | SPLITPEAS | 9 | Soup vegetables … and a hint to 20-, 30-, 45- and 52-Across |
| 56% | FIFTYPERCENTOFF | 15 | A good deal, and a hint to 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 56% | REFUSED | 7 | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 56% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 56% | MORNINGAFTER | 12 | Hangover ... and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 56% | OPENANDSHUTCASE | 15 | Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 56% | MIDAUGHTS | 9 | Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across |
| 56% | TRIPLES | 7 | 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across, homophonically speaking |
| 55% | GETTINGTOYES | 12 | 1981 bestseller on principled negotiation, and a hint to 20-, 28-, 35- and 44-Across |
| 55% | ENTOMBMENTS | 11 | Burials for pharaohs, and a hint to 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 55% | WINDBREAKER | 11 | Lightweight jacket, and a hint to 21-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 55% | BEHEADS | 7 | Takes off the top, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 55% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Once-common baseball events ... and a hint to 16-, 24-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 55% | NOBUTSABOUTIT | 13 | "Without a doubt!," and a hint to 20-, 31-, and 41-Across |
| 55% | FATHERSANDSONS | 14 | Ivan Turgenev novel ... and a hint to 20-, 31- and 40-Across |
| 55% | CUTTINGTHECORD | 14 | Eschewing big cable, and a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 55% | COPYRIGHTLAW | 12 | Author's protection, and a hint to 20-, 31- and 37-Across |
| 55% | INNKEEPER | 9 | Accommodating person? ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 55% | SPLITTHEBILL | 12 | Go Dutch ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 37- and 44-Across |
| 55% | UNDERCOVERCOP | 13 | Sting operative ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across |
| 54% | LETSJOINHANDS | 13 | Exhortation to come together ... and a hint to 20-, 24- and 42-Across |