| 100% | SPLITHAIRS | 10 | Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do? |
| 60% | LETMEREPEAT | 11 | "I'll say it again," and what 17-, 23-, and 44-Across literally do? |
| 52% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 51% | TOSSEDSALAD | 11 | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| 47% | DOUBLETHEGUARDS | 15 | Increase security twofold ... and what 17-, 25-, 46- and 58-Across literally do |
| 46% | MILDSALSA | 9 | What 17-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 60-Across and 3-Down combine to make |
| 46% | JULEP | 5 | Libation made from the beginnings of 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 46% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 45% | MUSIC | 5 | What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make |
| 45% | FRESHSTART | 10 | What a new year can give you ... or what 17-, 23-, 34-, and 49-Across can have? |
| 44% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 44% | AUPAIR | 6 | Live-in help, and what's contained in 17-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 44% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 44% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 44% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 44% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 43% | MAKEADENT | 9 | Scratch the surface, and what both words in 17-, 26-, 55- and 65-Across literally do |
| 43% | GOONAHEAD | 9 | "I'll catch up!" ... or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across do? |
| 43% | NOTEWORTHY | 10 | Distinguished ... and what 17-, 27- and 44-Across literally are? |
| 43% | OUTEREDGES | 10 | Peripheries, and what 17-, 23- and 53-Across all contain |
| 43% | PRICECUTS | 9 | Markdowns, and what 17-, 23- and 46-Across all exhibit |
| 43% | ONTHECLOCK | 10 | Getting paid for work, and what an element of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 49-Across may be |
| 42% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Decision reversal ... or, literally, what can be found inside 17-, 22-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 42% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 42% | SIDEEFFECT | 10 | Undesired medication consequence ... and what can literally go with the end of 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 42% | TUCKEDINBED | 11 | Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are |
| 42% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 42% | OPENMARKET | 10 | Where things are freely bought and sold ... and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across do? |
| 42% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 42% | CLEARTHEAIR | 11 | Talk things out . . . or what to do to make sense of the clues for 17-, 27-, and 44-Across |