| 100% | SHOESTRING | 10 | Minimal budget (or what's formed by 12-, 13- and 14-Across) |
| 48% | LAUNDRYLIST | 11 | Extensive enumeration ... or what's formed by the ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 45% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Essential point (or what's formed by 50-, 51- and 53-Across) |
| 40% | WOODROW | 7 | Given name of actor Harrelson (or what's formed by 29-, 32- and 34-Across) |
| 36% | BILLYCLUB | 9 | Nightstick ... or what might form if the beginnings of 14-, 20-, 37- and 58-Across started paying dues? |
| 35% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | What's formed by connecting this puzzle's circled letters from A to F and then back to A |
| 33% | DIVINGBIRD | 10 | Avian that plunges for prey, or what can be found in 14-, 28-, 52-, and 60-Across |
| 33% | NAMEDROPS | 9 | Shows off one's connections, or what you'll do by speaking the starts of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 33% | ANGLE | 5 | What's formed by two intersecting lines |
| 32% | AFISHOUTOFWATER | 15 | Misfit ... or what you get after the sequence described by the ends of 17-, 21-, 57- and 63-Across? |
| 32% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 32% | LOADED | 6 | What 3-, 13-, 14- and 28-Down may be |
| 32% | EXTRAEXTRA | 10 | Old street cry, or what's in 18-, 23-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across? |
| 32% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 31% | SMILEYFACE | 10 | What's formed by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 31% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 31% | MIDTERMS | 8 | Some tests ... or what's found literally in 17-, 24-, 30-, 39- and 44-Across |
| 31% | RAVINE | 6 | Deep and narrow, it's formed by a stream or river |
| 31% | TOSSEDSALAD | 11 | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| 31% | UPSDELIVERY | 11 | Package on the porch ... or what's been brought to 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 30% | NAP | 3 | What's described by the ends of 17-, 24-, 38-, 50- and 62-Across |
| 29% | TODOLIST | 8 | Planner's aid ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across are? |
| 29% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 52-Down, betrayal, and what's formed by each pair of the trigrams |
| 29% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? |
| 29% | SUBSTACK | 8 | E-newsletter platform ... which 7, 10, and 13 Across form in this grid |
| 29% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 29% | RUNINCIRCLES | 12 | Waste one's time ... or what 20-, 27- and 42-Across contain? |
| 29% | PIPELINE | 8 | Place for works that are in the works ... or what the message formed by the connected letters is? |
| 29% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 29% | TEA | 3 | What's held by some bags and caddies |