| 100% | ONTHEWATERFRONT | 15 | Oscar-winning Marlon Brando film, or where the last words of 18-, 23-, 49-, and 57-Across can literally be found |
| 55% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 43% | OUTOFDANGER | 11 | Safe ... or how the last words of 16-, 23- and 49-Across are made? |
| 41% | RIGHTOFCENTER | 13 | Somewhat conservative, politically ... and where the first word of 17-, 31-, 43- and 60-Across can literally be found |
| 40% | SAUSAGELINK | 11 | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 40% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 39% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 38% | ICECREAM | 8 | Cold treat that can precede the last word of 18-, 23-, 40- or 50-Across |
| 37% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 36% | LOSSLEADER | 10 | Retailer's drawing card, and what the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across can be |
| 36% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 36% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 35% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 35% | ONTHATNOTE | 10 | Speaking of which ... or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found? |
| 35% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Icebreaking party game ... or what can follow the last words of 18-, 28-, and 50-Across |
| 35% | BELOWTHEBELT | 12 | Grossly unfair, or where you find the last words of 20-, 29-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 35% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 35% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 34% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 34% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Imitate, and what the last words of 18-, 26-, and 42-Across can do |
| 34% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | Where to find the last words of 17-, 22-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 33% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 33% | BANDLEADER | 10 | Musical conductor ... and what the end of 18-, 23-, 40- or 51-Across can be? |
| 33% | FLY | 3 | Buzzer that can follow the last parts of 18-, 27-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 33% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 33% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 32% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 32% | GRAYSCALE | 9 | Range between white and black, and where the starts of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 53-Across can be found |
| 32% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |
| 31% | EROSION | 7 | Natural process illustrated by the last words of 18-, 24-, 37-, 54- and 61-Across |