| 100% | LEXICOGRAPHERS | 14 | Ones who produced the clues for 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 45% | SPOONERISM | 10 | Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 43% | MOUNTAINEER | 11 | One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb |
| 41% | DET | 3 | One who is suspicious and looking for clues, for short |
| 41% | BIRDSOFAFEATHER | 15 | Clues for 20-, 39- and 56-Across? |
| 40% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 40% | ANALOGY | 7 | The clue for 25-Across, e.g. |
| 40% | TIMEFORDINNER | 13 | Clue for 20-, 23-, 48- and 52-Across |
| 38% | PRANKSTER | 9 | Speaker of the clues for 18-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across |
| 38% | EAGLE | 5 | Clue for 17-, 25-, 43- and 55-Across |
| 37% | ANAGRAMMEDNAMES | 15 | What the clues for 17-, 27- and 48-Across all contain |
| 36% | SNAP | 4 | Clue for 17- and 63-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 36% | JAPANESEIMPORTS | 15 | 20-, 25-, 45- and 50-Across, in a way |
| 36% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | WHATSCRACKING | 13 | Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 35% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 35% | LYRICIST | 8 | One who writes the words for songs |
| 35% | FALLGUY | 7 | One who bears the blame for others |
| 35% | ASST | 4 | One who helps the Manager, for short |
| 35% | UMP | 3 | One who calls the strikes, for short |
| 35% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | One who goes for the gold? |
| 35% | MINER | 5 | One who goes for the gold? |
| 34% | EGOBOOSTS | 9 | Lifts for one's self-esteem, and what's been given to the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 34% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 34% | COPEDITOR | 9 | One who works for the Police Gazette? |
| 34% | TAKER | 5 | One who's up for the challenge |
| 34% | HEIR | 4 | One who's next for the throne |
| 34% | SRS | 3 | Ones who came before the juniors, for short |
| 34% | HERO | 4 | One who saves the day and the damsel |