| 100% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 65% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 64% | NOTESOFTHESCALE | 15 | Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 63% | CAR | 3 | There's one garaged in 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 63% | CAPITAL | 7 | Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 59% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 55% | PLANETS | 7 | Names hidden in 20-, 28-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 54% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 54% | SOFTG | 5 | Sound heard in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 53% | DATES | 5 | Calendar units hidden in 20- and 61-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 52% | TRAINTRACK | 10 | Its parts end 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 52% | AEIOU | 5 | They're found once each in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 52% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 52% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 51% | MONEY | 5 | A slang term for this starts 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | ELECTRICCAR | 11 | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | CREAM | 5 | It can follow the first word of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | INTERIORDESIGNER | 16 | Elle Decor reader ... or any of the names hidden in 18-, 28-, 52- and 66-Across? |
| 50% | TRAIL | 5 | A "mix" of this word straddles the two words in 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 50% | BLEMISH | 7 | Imperfection (and what's at the start of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| 50% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 50% | TRICK | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | COUNT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | RANGE | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | ROUND | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | ROYALTITLES | 11 | Noble names, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 50% | COAT | 4 | What 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 33-Down are each "bundled up" in |
| 49% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 49% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |