| 100% | RHYMING | 7 | Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues |
| 44% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 43% | YEAROFTHEOX | 11 | 2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across |
| 38% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | Earlier ... or a hint to the words circled in 17-, 21-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 38% | BREAKITUPYOUTWO | 15 | Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? |
| 37% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 37% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 37% | WIDE | 4 | With 64-Across, like a town lacking restrictions ... and a hint to 17-, 23- and 32-Across |
| 36% | BUTTHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 36% | THINKBIG | 8 | "Shoot for the moon!" ... or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 34% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |
| 34% | JEANS | 5 | Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17- 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across |
| 34% | JEANS | 5 | Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17-, 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across |
| 34% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 34% | OUTERMOST | 9 | Farthest from the center, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 34% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 34% | FRENCHOPEN | 10 | Big clay court event ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 34% | ITMEANSALOTTOME | 15 | "I'm deeply indebted" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 34% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 33% | TWENTYONE | 9 | Number associated with 17-, 25-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 33% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 33% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal song with a hint to the last words in 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 33% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Classic hairstyle ... or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 33% | MUSCLES | 7 | They're subject to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 32% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 32% | TOOCLEVERBYHALF | 15 | Overly inventive ... or a hint to the answers to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 32% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 32% | BEANCOUNTER | 11 | Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? |
| 32% | YOUREOUT | 8 | Call at home, and a clue to the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |