| 100% | BACK | 4 | Missing word in 21-, 31-, 40- and 50-Across, applied literally |
| 47% | BITINGPESTS | 11 | They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-Across |
| 34% | LONGDIVISION | 12 | Arithmetic exercise ... or what literally occurs in 20-, 33- and 40-Across? |
| 34% | WATER | 5 | Puzzle's theme (shown in 20-, 40-, 58-Across and 21-Down) |
| 33% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 33% | BALONEYSANDWICH | 15 | Classic grade-school lunch, and what's literally found in 17-, 33-, and 40-Across? |
| 32% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 32% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | Thing made in haste, or perhaps after the first words of 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 31% | CENTERICE | 9 | Face-off spot in hockey (and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11-, 25- and 31-Down) |
| 31% | ARCHAEOLOGIST | 13 | ... and 50-Across: "experienced in conducting surveys for sites" |
| 30% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
| 30% | JAPANESEIMPORTS | 15 | 20-, 25-, 45- and 50-Across, in a way |
| 30% | TSHIRT | 6 | Where you might see the message formed by the last words in 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 30% | HRS | 3 | Personnel depts., and what the personnel in 20-, 31-, 40- and 50-Across have in common |
| 30% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | "Miss Bala" actress who stars in 15-Across and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SNOOZEBUTTON | 12 | What a late sleeper may use ... resulting in 19-, 31- and 40-Across? |
| 30% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" Best Actress Oscar winner who starred in 15-Across, 24-Across, 31-Across, and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DIANAROSS | 9 | 15-Across, 21-Across, and 40-Across singer who digitally released her new remix collection "Supertonic: Mixes" in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | SPADE | 5 | Missing word in "Call a ___ a ___" |
| 29% | JAMALMURRAY | 11 | 31-Across point guard who averaged 21.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 10 assists per game in the 2023 NBA Finals (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 29% | QANDU | 5 | What can be added to 39 and 40 Across to form new words |
| 29% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 29% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 28% | FOLLOW | 6 | Word missing from the answers to 17-, 23-, 29-, 40-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 28% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 28% | RIGHTOFCENTER | 13 | Somewhat conservative, politically ... and where the first word of 17-, 31-, 43- and 60-Across can literally be found |
| 28% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 28% | POLLINATION | 11 | Job done by the insects seen above the circled words in 17-, 26- and 50-Across |
| 28% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |