| 100% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 38% | FLY | 3 | *Buzzing pest ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a snare for the said pest |
| 38% | FISH | 4 | Little ocean swimmer or a word that goes with 16a, 24a, 34a, 41a, 54a, 22d, 26d, and 48d |
| 34% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 33% | SPEED | 5 | *Runner's stat ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a radar trap |
| 33% | SAND | 4 | *Hourglass filler ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a bunker on a golf course |
| 32% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 31% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 31% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 31% | RACE | 4 | Competition where you aim to finish first and a word that goes with 36a, 53a, 4d, 15d, and 39d |
| 30% | CAKE | 4 | Birthday candle holder that goes with 24a, 28a, 36a, 49a, 7d and 41d |
| 30% | SECURITY | 8 | Mall cop's job ... or a word that can precede the starts of 19-, 32-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 30% | JELLY | 5 | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 29% | MUSIC | 5 | Harmonious vocals or instrumental sounds, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "anchusic" |
| 29% | NUMBERS | 7 | 5, 3/4, pi, square root of -1 ... or a word that follows the starts of 17-, 27-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 29% | OMNI | 4 | Word that goes with "present" or "scient" |
| 29% | SOY | 3 | Word that goes with sauce or milk |
| 29% | TONE | 4 | Word that goes with "skin" or "ring" |
| 29% | SOY | 3 | Word that goes with "sauce" or "milk" |
| 29% | SEA | 3 | Word that goes with urchin and horse |
| 29% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 28% | EVER | 4 | Word that goes with happily and after, in stories |
| 28% | GHOST | 5 | Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across |
| 28% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 28% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 28% | GAS | 3 | Word that goes with "food" and "lodging" on exit ramp signs |
| 28% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 28% | SITTING | 7 | Action word that goes with baby, dog or house |
| 27% | FEW | 3 | Word that goes along with "proud" and "Marines" |
| 27% | YOYOS | 5 | Items with strings attached that you can walk the dog with or even go round the world |