| 100% | YOU | 3 | Object of affection in 17-, 25-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 52% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 52% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 52% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 50% | NORSEGODS | 9 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 47% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 43% | WOOD | 4 | Object of the actions suggested by the starts of 17-, 30-, 47- and 66-Across |
| 43% | SIDEOFBEEF | 10 | Slab in a meat locker, and a feature of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 42% | MISTERINBETWEEN | 15 | Fellow in a 1944 Johnny Mercer song hinted at by 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 41% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 41% | SSS | 3 | Reptilian warning found in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across |
| 41% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 40% | THECARPENTERS | 13 | Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 40% | ABOUTAFOOT | 10 | How tall Barbie is ... or what the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 47-Across are? |
| 39% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 39% | CHIPS | 5 | Features of 17-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 39% | LOSINGFACE | 10 | Result of 17-, 30- and 47-Across? |
| 39% | DRUNKENCOOK | 11 | Preparer of 17-, 27- and 47-Across? |
| 39% | ESSAY | 5 | Kind of test ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 39% | MIXEDBAGS | 9 | Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across? |
| 39% | LONE | 4 | Synonym for "solitary" confined in 17-, 30-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 39% | SIXWAYSTOSUNDAY | 15 | Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 39% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 38% | LEAH | 4 | Wife of Jacob and in-law of 25-Across |
| 38% | DIDDLYSQUAT | 11 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? |
| 38% | RTS | 3 | Football linemen, for short, caught in 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across? |
| 38% | THEREVIEWSAREIN | 15 | "Critics have spoken," as featured in 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 38% | UMLAUT | 6 | Mark in the intersection of 17-Across and 1-Down |
| 37% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 37% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |