| 100% | YELLOWBRICKROAD | 15 | Path taken by 37-Across to find the ends of 17-, 26- and 44-Across in [circled letters] |
| 50% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 50% | AFTERSCHOOL | 11 | Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across |
| 48% | BEANCOUNTER | 11 | Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? |
| 47% | AIRPORT | 7 | Where to find the ends of 17-, 27-, 50- and 65-Across |
| 47% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | Where to find the ends of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 46% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | Welcome words from a bartender, and where to find the ends of 17-, 30-, and 46-Across? |
| 46% | DRYMARTINI | 10 | Cocktail made by combining the ends of 17-, 26- and 38-Across |
| 46% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 46% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 45% | APPENDAGES | 10 | They're found at the ends of 18-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 45% | HIGH | 4 | With 69-Across, where to find the ends of 17-, 22-, 32-, 43-, 54- and 61-Across |
| 44% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 44% | ONYOURFEET | 10 | Jukebox musical featuring Gloria Estefan songs, or where to find the ends of 17-Across and 10-, 24-, and 33-Down |
| 44% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 44% | STIRFRIES | 9 | Uses a wok, or, read as a direction, a hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 44% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 43% | HAPPYFOURTH | 11 | Annual greeting ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 43% | WAX | 3 | Spa treatment hinted at by the ends of 17-, 27-, 44- and 55-Across |
| 43% | GARDENHOSE | 10 | Backyard item with settings found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 47-Across |
| 43% | DANCING | 7 | Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 43% | ITSABREEZE | 10 | "Piece of cake!" (and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 49-Across) |
| 42% | TOUCHBASE | 9 | Stay in contact, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 42% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 42% | SOMETHINGWICKED | 15 | Start of a Ray Bradbury title ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 42% | THREEON | 7 | Bases loaded ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 26-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 42% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 42% | SITONIT | 7 | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 42% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 42% | YES | 3 | "That's correct" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 28-, 45- and 59-Across, in different languages |