| 100% | IN2D | 4 | Lacking depth ... or like 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- and 58-Across? |
| 51% | FULLOFHOLES | 11 | Like 17-, 23-, 33- and 48-Across |
| 49% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Go over the top, or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across |
| 47% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "I'll catch up!" ... or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across do? |
| 47% | ONTHEBENCH | 10 | Place where 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across might be found |
| 46% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 45% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 44% | BREAKTHINGS | 11 | See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 43% | THEEIGHTIES | 11 | When Pac-Man and Rubik's Cube were popular ... or a phonetic hint for 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 42% | ABITETOEAT | 10 | Some chow, and what 17-, 23-, 33- and 48-Across sound like, fittingly |
| 41% | ARTLESS | 7 | Ingenuous ... or like 17-, 24-, 50- and 60-Across |
| 41% | WELLROUNDED | 11 | Like 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across? |
| 40% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
| 40% | WEREALLSET | 10 | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across? |
| 40% | REARENDED | 9 | Bumped from behind, or a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 39% | STICKEMUP | 9 | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| 39% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 39% | BRINGEMON | 9 | Fighter's dare … or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 39% | ISEE | 4 | "Aha!" ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, 48- and 58-Across |
| 39% | ONEPLUSONE | 10 | Basic math operation found in 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 39% | LIEABILITY | 10 | What 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across may demonstrate? |
| 39% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 39% | MATCHINGPJS | 11 | Some Xmas card attire ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 38% | EASYDOESIT | 10 | "Not too hard now" ... or a homophonic hint to 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 38% | EASTTOWEST | 10 | How 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across run (in two ways) |
| 38% | IFIWEREYOU | 10 | Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 37% | WYATTEARPPLAYER | 15 | See 17-, 23-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 37% | LAUNDRYLIST | 11 | Extensive enumeration ... or what's formed by the ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 37% | HIGHERPOWER | 11 | Divine being ... or a hint to 17-, 31- and 48-Across |
| 37% | TUCKEDINBED | 11 | Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are |