| 100% | TFORTWO | 7 | Key to answering 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 50% | BAR | 3 | It can precede the starts of 16-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across and 10- and 33-Down |
| 50% | LIMIT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down |
| 50% | BALLOON | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 32-Down |
| 50% | FALSE | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 16- and 59-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 49% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Fast marching pace ... or a hint to 16- and 39-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 48% | BABY | 4 | Word before the starts of 16-, 36- and 58-Across and 10-, 14- and 33-Down |
| 46% | FIVEIRONS | 9 | Fairway clubs ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 17-, 24- and 45-Across and 10- and 37-Down |
| 46% | CAPTAIN | 7 | With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer? |
| 44% | QUEEN | 5 | Honorific given to 17-, 27-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 44% | WORD | 4 | ___ ladder (puzzle type seen at 9 Across, 10 Across, 19 Across, 20 Across, and 16 Down) |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 43% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | Hit song from 2000 ... and a hint to 10 symmetrically arranged Across answers |
| 43% | SILENTK | 7 | Attribute of 16- and 57-Across and 10- and 28-Down |
| 43% | IFI | 3 | With 55- and 58-Across, “No obligation to answer this, but . . .” |
| 42% | HANDS | 5 | Two of these are needed to type every answer here except 17- & 59-Across and 11- & 27-Down |
| 42% | STIFLEDLAUGHTER | 15 | Suppressed guffaws, and a hint to 16-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 42% | CHECK | 5 | Common element of 20- and 56-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 42% | AEIOU | 5 | They're found once each in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 41% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 41% | NOGO | 4 | Canceled ... or a hint to answering 17-, 27-, 34-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 41% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 41% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | ONOFFSWITCH | 11 | Electrical device with a hint to answering 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 40% | FRUITLESSLY | 11 | In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 40% | COCO | 4 | Hit 2017 computer-animated film ... or a hint to 20-, 27-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 40% | SEEDYCHARACTERS | 15 | Sleazeballs, and a phonetic hint to 16-, 27- and 43-Across |
| 40% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 40% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow each half of 16- and 53-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| 40% | COPPERHEAD | 10 | Venomous snake (and what 16-Across and 10- and 26-Down have two of) |