| 100% | 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? |
| 52% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 46% | BUMPHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or, literally, what the last words of 18-, 23-, 35-, and 49-Across can be |
| 42% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 42% | LOSSLEADER | 10 | Retailer's drawing card, and what the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across can be |
| 40% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 40% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 40% | SAUSAGELINK | 11 | Breakfast side order ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 23-, 34- and 49-Across |
| 39% | OUTOFDANGER | 11 | Safe ... or how the last words of 16-, 23- and 49-Across are made? |
| 39% | ONTHEWATERFRONT | 15 | Oscar-winning Marlon Brando film, or where the last words of 18-, 23-, 49-, and 57-Across can literally be found |
| 39% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 39% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 39% | ONTHECLOCK | 10 | Getting paid for work, and what an element of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 49-Across may be |
| 39% | HOPONPOP | 8 | "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use," or what parts of 17-, 25- and 49-Across are |
| 37% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 37% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 37% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 37% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 37% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 36% | TAKEANL | 7 | Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first |
| 36% | BUSINESSEND | 11 | Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 36% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair challenge … or a hint to the last words of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 36% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 36% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 36% | HOLDIT | 6 | "Stop right there!" … or a hint to the first words of 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 36% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 35% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 35% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 35% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 34% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |