| 100% | BUBBLETEAMS | 11 | Major topic of conversation leading up to NCAA's Selection Sunday ... and what 16-, 23-, 36-, and 46-Across all contain? |
| 40% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46- and 53-Across all contain |
| 35% | FOUNDFAMILY | 11 | Closely knit community that provides social support, or what 16-, 23-, 36-, and 46-Across contain? |
| 30% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 30% | DOTDOTDOT | 9 | Indication of more to come ... or what 17-, 28- and 43-Across all contain |
| 29% | BREAKDANCE | 10 | Debut sport at the Paris Olympics, or what 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across do to their circled letters |
| 29% | ROLLWITHIT | 10 | Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 28% | WORKSHANDINHAND | 15 | Collaborates closely, and a literal hint to what each of 16-, 23-, 45- and 58-Across does |
| 28% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
| 27% | STRINGSATTACHED | 15 | What some favors and one part of the answers to 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across come with? |
| 27% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 27% | OPENMARKET | 10 | Where things are freely bought and sold ... and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across do? |
| 27% | COURTAPPEARANCE | 15 | Proceeding that may follow a subpoena, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 46-, and 59-Across can make? |
| 27% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
| 27% | RAINRAINGOAWAY | 14 | Start of a hopeful rhyme about bad weather, and a hint to what the first word of 16-, 24- and 46-Across may describe |
| 26% | GETSTHEOK | 9 | Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 26% | BUTTERCHURN | 11 | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| 26% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |
| 26% | LOSSLEADER | 10 | Retailer's drawing card, and what the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across can be |
| 26% | ESSAYCOLLECTION | 15 | Anthology of personal writings ... and a phonetic hint to what is literally comprised by the answers of 17-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 26% | OUTEREDGES | 10 | Peripheries, and what 17-, 23- and 53-Across all contain |
| 26% | PRICECUTS | 9 | Markdowns, and what 17-, 23- and 46-Across all exhibit |
| 25% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "Aaand ... scene!" ... or an observation about the end of 16-, 22-, 36-, and 46-Across |
| 25% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 25% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 25% | JUMPSTARTS | 10 | Revives, and a hint to the beginnings of 16-, 22-, 33- and 46-Across |
| 25% | STRIKETHAT | 10 | Words of correction ... or a hint to 16-, 20-, 36- and 54-Across |
| 24% | GOCOASTTOCOAST | 14 | Travel cross-country … or a description of what 16-, 23- and 43-Across do? |
| 24% | FOILMETHOD | 10 | Technique used to multiply (x+4)(x-5), with the first words of 17-, 25-, 36-, and 44 Across making up its mnemonic |
| 24% | MUSIC | 5 | What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make |