| 100% | PEAKTELEVISION | 14 | Period of outstanding programming ... of which 20-, 36-, and 43-Across are examples? |
| 53% | EASYA | 5 | No-brainer class, an example of which is named by combining the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 45% | INHALINGFOOD | 12 | What the ends of 20-, 36- and 43-Across suggest |
| 44% | GHOSTWRITER | 11 | Hired pen … or, punnily, the author of 20-, 36- and 43-Across? |
| 44% | COUNTRYCOOKING | 14 | Rural cuisine ... and what 20-, 31- and 39-Across are examples of? |
| 43% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | NCAA Tournament colloquialism...that also describes the starts of 20-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 42% | THATSTHETICKET | 14 | "Exactly!" ... and a hint to where 20-, 36- and 43-Across' ending words may be found |
| 42% | BLOCKBUSTERS | 12 | Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33- and 43-Across effectively are? |
| 41% | PASSINGNOTES | 12 | Secretive classroom activity ... or what 20-, 27- and 44-Across are anagrammatic examples of? |
| 39% | MUCKRAKERS | 10 | What 17, 21, 37, and 55 Across are all examples of |
| 39% | OPPOSITEDAY | 11 | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 39% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 38% | SANS | 4 | After 1-Across, what the first names at 20-, 36-, 43- and 57-Across all are? |
| 37% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 37% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 37% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 36% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 36% | SECRETADMIRER | 13 | Unidentified sender of what's hidden in 20-, 36-, and 42-Across |
| 36% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 36% | THINGSWITHHOLES | 15 | What 20-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across are |
| 36% | PEES | 4 | Silent parts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 35% | VANS | 4 | Moving vehicles, one of which is "moving" across rows 3, 5, and 7 of this puzzle |
| 35% | CLOCKWORK | 9 | Epitome of precision … or a description of 20-, 34- and 43-Across? |
| 35% | WHATSTHEMATTER | 14 | Question of concern, with a hint to 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 35% | TREE | 4 | Plant that provides shade... examples of which are found at the starts of 17a, 30a, and 41a |
| 35% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 34% | 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 |
| 34% | SOLD | 4 | Auctioneer's cry after the starts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 34% | BROWSERHISTORY | 14 | Surfing records, and what 20-, 25- and 46-Across are part of? |