| 100% | CON | 3 | It's a minus, and what must be subtracted from 46-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 53% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 46% | HOS | 3 | Sounds from Santa (and what's been added to 17, 39, and 63 Across) |
| 40% | SOUNDSGOOD | 10 | "It's a plan" … and what might be said of 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 38% | STOPALONGTHEWAY | 15 | Break during a road trip, and what can be found in 17-, 26-, and 46-Across |
| 37% | YEW | 3 | What Voldemort's 13 and a half inch wand was made from |
| 36% | JULY | 4 | What the beginnings of 17-, 25-, 40- and 52-Across are each a fourth of, phonetically |
| 36% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 35% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 35% | MISSINGLINK | 11 | What separates man from beast ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 32-, 46-, and 51-Across? |
| 35% | SKYWRITING | 10 | Message from a pilot ... or what 17-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across each is? |
| 35% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 35% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 34% | DATABACKUP | 10 | System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 34% | KEYLESSENTRY | 12 | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| 33% | INITIALHERE | 11 | Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across |
| 33% | SWIPERIGHT | 10 | Show interest on a dating app … or what 16-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across must do to be successful? |
| 33% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 33% | EASYDOESIT | 10 | "Careful now" ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 33% | THATSALL | 8 | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 33% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 33% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 33% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 33% | GETSTHEOK | 9 | Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 32% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 32% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 32% | STARTER | 7 | Appetizer, e.g. ... and what a 15 Across usually is, on the baseball diamond |
| 32% | HEADSTART | 9 | Advantage in a race, and what can be found in 16-, 33-, or 40-Across |
| 32% | STOPPER | 7 | Cork, e.g. ... and what a standout 12 Across usually is, on the baseball diamond |
| 32% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |