| 100% | AUTOTUNE | 8 | Modern music staple that's a punny description of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 42% | SPRINGROLLS | 11 | Chinese appetizers ... or a punny description of 17-, 28-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 42% | COCKTAILPARTIES | 15 | Evening socials, or a punny description of 17-, 23-, 50- and 57-Across |
| 41% | CMAJORSCALE | 11 | When strung together, musical sequence represented by the initials of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 41% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 40% | TOBEFAIR | 8 | "Admittedly …," or, when said aloud, a punny description of 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 40% | MESSHALL | 8 | Army dining area, or a punny description of where to find 16-, 24-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 39% | SPLITPEAS | 9 | Soup legumes, or a phonetic description of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 53-Across |
| 38% | MOVIEBUFFS | 10 | Avid fans of cinema … or a punny description of 17-, 31-, 40- and 47-Across |
| 38% | WATERMUSIC | 10 | Handel composition, and a description of 17-, 25-, 33- and 48-Across |
| 37% | MONEYMARKET | 11 | Mutual fund variety, or a punny place to buy 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 36% | CHEESEBOARD | 11 | Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 35% | CENTERCONSOLE | 13 | Car's storage compartment, or a feature of 17-, 24-, 48-, and 58-Across? |
| 35% | WEREALLSET | 10 | "Ready to go!" ... or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across? |
| 34% | NAP | 3 | What's described by the ends of 17-, 24-, 38-, 50- and 62-Across |
| 34% | RECCENTER | 9 | Gym locale ... or feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 34% | FATSDOMINO | 10 | Legendary singer of 31-Across, "Ain't That a Shame," and "Walking to 17-Across," who passed away October 24, 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ITSMEAGAIN | 10 | "I'm back!" … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| 33% | TVDETECTIVE | 11 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is |
| 33% | JCREW | 5 | Retail clothing giant ... or a description of 17- and 54-Across and 10- and 24-Down? |
| 33% | BEASHAMEDTO | 11 | With 24-, 38-, 52-, and 61-Across, Horace Mann quote that's the motto of Antioch College |
| 33% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 33% | IFIWEREYOU | 10 | Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 33% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | Rap group with the classic 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? |
| 33% | OVERLOADED | 10 | Carrying way too much, and a punny description of four Across answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 32% | CHILDSTOYS | 10 | Bearers of a phrase suggested by saying the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 32% | BETWEEN | 7 | With 39-Across, a description of the answers inside 17-, 24-, 49- and 60-Across |
| 32% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 32% | THINKTANKS | 10 | Bodies of advisory experts … or, when reinterpreted as an imperative, a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across |