| 100% | WORLDCUP | 8 | International event where 17-, 28- and 48-Across can be heard |
| 43% | ONTHEBENCH | 10 | Place where 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across might be found |
| 43% | BIGWHEELS | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak |
| 39% | FIRSTDAUGHTER | 13 | Informal political title that could be applied to 15-, 17-, 46-, and 48-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | VET | 3 | November honoree who can be found in the middle of 17, 29, 46, and 62 Across |
| 38% | WORKERSINAISLES | 15 | What 17-, 28- and 43-Across all are |
| 38% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Command center? ... or where you might hear the starts of 17-, 28- and 49-Across |
| 37% | LATINI | 6 | Where 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down might be used |
| 36% | CLANTON | 7 | Fictional Mississippi town where 17-Across and 42-Across are set |
| 36% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 36% | TAKEASHOT | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 46-Across are always willing to do |
| 35% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | With 49-Across, where 17-, 24- and 39-Across are seen |
| 35% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Decision reversal ... or, literally, what can be found inside 17-, 22-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 34% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 34% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 34% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 34% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Card game whose winning hands can be found hidden in 17-, 27-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 34% | RIGHTOFCENTER | 13 | Somewhat conservative, politically ... and where the first word of 17-, 31-, 43- and 60-Across can literally be found |
| 34% | STREETFAIRS | 11 | Events where pedestrians can visit food and craft venders, often |
| 34% | BATONWIELDERS | 13 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are |
| 34% | THINGSTHATBREAK | 15 | What 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across are |
| 34% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 34% | MARTIANMISSIONS | 15 | NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across |
| 34% | DIVINGBIRD | 10 | Avian that plunges for prey, or what can be found in 14-, 28-, 52-, and 60-Across |
| 34% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 33% | ONATRAIN | 8 | Where 15-Across, 48-Across, and 3-Down were each born: 3 wds. |
| 33% | CRAZYDIET | 9 | How a regimen of only 17-, 28- and 47-Across may be described |
| 33% | OBAMA | 5 | President born on August 4, whose name can be found backward in 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 33% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 33% | TSE | 3 | Where Can. shares are bought and sold |