| 100% | NOMDEPLUME | 10 | Literary alias, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 67% | PASSINGCOMMENTS | 15 | Offhand remarks, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 35- and 53-Across |
| 63% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 63% | SCRAMBLETHEJETS | 15 | Spring into action ... or an apt directive for 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 57% | THATWASCOOL | 11 | "Nicely done!" and an apt description of 16-, 23-, 51-, and 59-Across |
| 57% | INCIDENTALMUSIC | 15 | Score that sets the mood, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 50-, and 62-Across? |
| 57% | SOUNDSRIGHT | 11 | "That tracks," and an apt description of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across? |
| 56% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Description of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across, in different senses? |
| 56% | SHESAWOMAN | 10 | 1964 Beatles song, and an apt clue for 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 56% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's, and an apt description of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 56% | TOTALLYRIPPED | 13 | Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across |
| 56% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 55% | THATTRACKS | 10 | “Sounds about right” . . . or a description of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 54% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 53% | GAMECHANGER | 11 | Cause of a major paradigm shift, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 51-Across as well as their sets of circled letters |
| 51% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day spectacle ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 51% | ONTHECLOCK | 10 | Getting paid for work, and what an element of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 49-Across may be |
| 51% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 Donna Summer song, and a description of 17-, 23-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across |
| 50% | APRESSKI | 8 | Activities in an Alpine lodge, and a fitting end to the progression in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 49% | WHATABREEZE | 11 | "Piece of cake!" ... and apt description of the starts of 17-, 22-, 36- and 46-Across? |
| 49% | ADVICECOLUMNS | 13 | "Dear Abby," "Ask Amy," et al., and an apt description of 4-, 8-, and 17-Down |
| 49% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Guard aggressively, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 38-, and 50-Across |
| 48% | DOUBLETALK | 10 | Deliberately ambiguous language, and an apt description of 18-, 26-, and 46-Across |
| 48% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across |
| 47% | NOSEJOBS | 8 | Rhinoplasties, or an apt description of 16-, 25-, 37-, and 53-Across? |
| 47% | SWIPERIGHT | 10 | Indicate willingness to date someone, on Tinder ... and an apt hint to the last part of 17-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 47% | PRMEN | 5 | Promoters ... or a description of 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across? |
| 47% | YOUNGATHEART | 12 | Feeling like age is just a number, and an apt description of 18-, 25-, 40-, and 53-Across |
| 46% | ITCOUPLE | 8 | Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 46% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |