| 100% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Once-common baseball events ... and a hint to 16-, 24-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 55% | FIFTYPERCENTOFF | 15 | A good deal, and a hint to 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 54% | FACERECOGNITION | 15 | Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 53% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 comedy hit, or a hint to 16-, 23-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 53% | CLUBSANDWICHES | 14 | Layered lunch orders ... or a hint to 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 53% | NOBRADAY | 8 | Annual event to support breast cancer awareness ... or a hint to answering 16-, 22-, 24-, 35-, 53- and 55-Across |
| 53% | MLBCLOSERS | 10 | Ace relievers, briefly ... and a hint to 16-, 22-, 28-, 39- and 46-Across |
| 52% | HEADFAKE | 8 | Basketball feint ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across? |
| 52% | THEDOCTORISOUT | 14 | Lucy's empty-booth sign in "Peanuts" ... or a hint to 16-, 24-, 37- and 55-Across |
| 52% | VO5 | 3 | Alberto ___ (hair care brand) ... and a hint to 16-, 27-, 38-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 52% | RAINRAINGOAWAY | 14 | Start of a hopeful rhyme about bad weather, and a hint to what the first word of 16-, 24- and 46-Across may describe |
| 51% | FOODFIGHT | 9 | What could cause a mess in a mess, and a hint to 18-, 24-, 57- and 63-Across |
| 51% | JUMPSTARTS | 10 | Revives, and a hint to the beginnings of 16-, 22-, 33- and 46-Across |
| 50% | STARTUP | 7 | With 40-Across, money required to open a business ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 49% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Fast marching pace ... or a hint to 16- and 39-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 49% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46- and 53-Across all contain |
| 49% | NOCANDO | 7 | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 49% | GETSTHEOK | 9 | Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 49% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 48% | ITSMEAGAIN | 10 | "I'm back!" … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| 48% | DROPTHETHE | 10 | Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 48% | FINISH | 6 | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 47% | STIFLEDLAUGHTER | 15 | Suppressed guffaws, and a hint to 16-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 47% | LETTHEREBELIGHT | 15 | Genesis words, and a hint to 16-, 27-, 43- and 59-Across |
| 47% | THEBIGAPPLE | 11 | Empire State Building locale ... or a hint to three letters in 16-, 19-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 47% | CLOUT | 5 | Influence ... and a hint to 20-, 26-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 47% | ONTHEDOUBLE | 11 | Quickly … and a hint to 17-, 24-, 45- and 55-Across |
| 47% | REFUSED | 7 | Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 47% | SAYSAYSAY | 9 | Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-. 57- and 65-Across |
| 46% | STAGERIGHT | 10 | Theater direction ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across |