| 100% | MIRROR | 6 | Item literally useful in reading the answers to 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 43% | NFL | 3 | Org. that's home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | TONIGHTSHOWHOST | 15 | TV personality hidden in the answers to 16-, 22-, 32-, 41- and 47-Across |
| 42% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | BROADWAY | 8 | Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights |
| 37% | FRUITLESSLY | 11 | In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 36% | CLUELESSREPLIES | 15 | Answers to 17-, 22-, 40- and 52-Across, literally |
| 36% | MERRYGOROUND | 12 | Gentle alternative to 20-, 32- and 41-Across |
| 36% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 35% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 35% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 35% | FISH | 4 | Use the items found at the ends of the answers to 20-, 31-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 34% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 34% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure seen in the answers to 18, 29, 46, and 60 Across |
| 33% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 33% | SOAPS | 5 | Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 33% | THEMEANINGOFLIFE | 16 | Profound philosophical subject, as defined by the answers to 21-, 32-, and 42-Across? |
| 33% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 33% | PLACETHEMINTHECORNERS | 21 | What to do with the items referenced in 41-Across |
| 33% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | What's found on some canapés (and hiding in the answers to 20-, 31-, 38- and 49-Across?) |
| 32% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 32% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 32% | DRESSFORSUCCESS | 15 | Look the part, as in the answers to the "Step" clues, both literally and figuratively |
| 32% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 32% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 32% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 31% | FATHERSDAY | 10 | Occasion to honor the Seniors in 18-Across and 32-Across (and others) (2 wds.) |
| 31% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 31% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 31% | PAIRSOFCARDS | 12 | Some poker holdings ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 30-, 41- and 52-Across |