| 100% | CANOPENERS | 10 | Kitchen gadgets, and what the starts 17-, 21-, 35-, 42- and 56-Across are |
| 58% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 54% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Intellectual property protection ... or what the starts of 17-, 21-, 39- and 57-Across once were |
| 51% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 50% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 50% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 50% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 50% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 48% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 48% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 48% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 48% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 48% | LEAGUELEADERS | 13 | Many championship-bound teams, or what the starts of 17-, 20-, 58-, and 64-Across are |
| 48% | OPENMARKET | 10 | Where things are freely bought and sold ... and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across do? |
| 48% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 48% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 48% | ZENERCARDS | 10 | ESP research tools, featuring the shapes that start 17-, 21-, 33-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 47% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 47% | THISISNOTADRILL | 15 | "Remember your training, people!," and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across |
| 47% | LEADERBOARD | 11 | List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called? |
| 47% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 47% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 46% | CURRENCIES | 10 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are |
| 45% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 45% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 45% | DETERGENTS | 10 | Laundry needs, and the starts of 17-, 21-, 33-, 42- and 52-Across |
| 44% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 44% | MUCKRAKERS | 10 | What 17, 21, 37, and 55 Across are all examples of |
| 43% | ITSGOTLEGS | 10 | Surprised shout when a spot on the wall starts moving, and what can be said about 17-, 26-, and 43-Across |
| 43% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |