| 100% | ACA | 3 | Initials aptly found in "Obamacare" |
| 62% | SSE | 3 | Abbr. aptly found in "compasses" |
| 62% | SSE | 3 | Direction aptly found in "compasses" |
| 62% | ONE | 3 | Number aptly found in "loner" |
| 62% | LAUD | 4 | Word aptly found in "plaudits" |
| 62% | ONE | 3 | Phrase aptly found in "hormone" |
| 62% | IMO | 3 | Abbreviation aptly found in "testimonial" |
| 62% | ETA | 3 | Initialism aptly found in "timetable" |
| 62% | GAR | 3 | Fish aptly found in "Niagara" |
| 61% | ECON | 4 | Word aptly found in "price control" |
| 61% | APE | 3 | Animal aptly found in "banana peel" |
| 61% | CPA | 3 | Job aptly found in periodic payment |
| 61% | ALE | 3 | Drink aptly found in "medieval era" |
| 60% | LED | 3 | Word aptly found in "controlled" and "marshaled" |
| 60% | EMO | 3 | Music genre aptly found in "Remo Drive" |
| 60% | ALPO | 4 | Brand aptly found in "natural pooch food" |
| 60% | IMAM | 4 | Mosque leader aptly found in "Muslim American" |
| 59% | UFO | 3 | Sighting aptly found in "Are you for real?" |
| 59% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 58% | IAMB | 4 | Poetry unit aptly found in William Blake's name |
| 57% | LOMAN | 5 | Arthur Miller protagonist whose name is aptly found in "megalomania" |
| 56% | MAT | 3 | Word aptly found backward in "tatami" |
| 56% | OUST | 4 | Overthrow, as a ruler, that can be aptly found in "joust" |
| 55% | APE | 3 | Animal aptly found hidden in "banana peel" |
| 55% | IKEA | 4 | Company name aptly found in "The bookcase came together like a charm!" |
| 53% | RUNNINGGAG | 10 | Joke used repeatedly ... and aptly found in 19-, 26-, 38-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 52% | ACA | 3 | Abbr. found in "Obamacare" |
| 51% | ATF | 3 | Org. whose letters are aptly found twice each in "anti-trafficking" |
| 50% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 49% | OREL | 4 | Hershiser who pitched a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings (and whose first name is aptly found in "scoreless") |