| 100% | ARUBA | 5 | Island that's the first word of the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 92% | ARUBA | 5 | Caribbean island that's the first word of the 1988 Beach Boys hit "Kokomo" |
| 71% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 60% | ARUBA | 5 | First island mentioned in the chorus of the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 55% | ARUBA | 5 | First island in The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 54% | OLE | 3 | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song "Hot Hot Hot" |
| 53% | BAA | 3 | First word of a nursery rhyme that ends "And one for the little boy who lives down the lane" |
| 51% | MACARONI | 8 | Word that ends the first verse of “Yankee Doodle” |
| 50% | REO | 3 | 1976 rock album, or the first word of the band that made it |
| 49% | BRAID | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 4-, 7- and 10-Down |
| 49% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of the 1988 song "Kokomo" |
| 48% | BAA | 3 | First word of the nursery rhyme that contains the line "Have you any wool?" |
| 48% | ATTU | 4 | Island that's the westernmost point of Alaska |
| 48% | JAVA | 4 | Slang word for "coffee" that's also the name of an Indonesian island |
| 47% | BEARD | 5 | "Santa's ___," 1964 song by The Beach Boys that tells the story of Santa's iconic facial hair |
| 47% | SUMATRA | 7 | Island that's the largest producer of Indonesian coffee |
| 47% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | OUR | 3 | First word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 47% | IGETAROUND | 10 | 1964 Beach Boys hit that was the band's first #1 single: 3 wds. |
| 47% | LET | 3 | First word of the Bible's first quote |
| 47% | HUMAN | 5 | Word that can precede the first word of 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | ARUBA | 5 | Island that's the "A" of the so-called ABC Islands |
| 46% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |
| 46% | ODE | 3 | First word of the European Union anthem's title |
| 46% | POT | 3 | Word that, when affixed to the first word of each starred answer, refers to a type of person |
| 46% | GETA | 4 | Words that may precede the first words of 18-, 40- and 62-Across and 3- and 32-Down |
| 46% | CHEST | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 46% | DOG | 3 | Word that can follow the first parts of 19-, 32-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 46% | MATTER | 6 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 46% | BORNEO | 6 | Island that's home to most of the world's wild orangutans |