| 100% | OPPOSITEDAY | 11 | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 52% | ONTHATNOTE | 10 | Speaking of which ... or where the starts of 16-, 30- and 45-Across can be found? |
| 48% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 48% | LETMEBEFRANK | 12 | "In all honesty, ... " and what the starts of 20-, 27-, and 44-Across might say? |
| 44% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 44% | DECKOFCARDS | 11 | Something with which you might do the actions at the ends of 20-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 44% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" … or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across |
| 44% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 44% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 44% | GRAYSCALE | 9 | Range between white and black, and where the starts of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 53-Across can be found |
| 43% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 43% | DELI | 4 | Where you might find the starts of 18-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 42% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 41% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |
| 41% | ATTAR | 5 | Sufi poet thought to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45- and 52-Across |
| 41% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 41% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 41% | STARTINGGATES | 13 | Where horse races begin ... and where the beginning of 19-, 30- and 40-Across might be seen |
| 41% | PICNICAREAS | 11 | Outside eating spots, and where to find the starts of 17-, 27-, and 47-Across |
| 40% | LIQUORSTORE | 11 | Where to purchase the starts of 21-, 26- and 45-Across |
| 40% | WHATSCRACKING | 13 | Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 40% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 40% | NOTHINGDOING | 12 | "Forget about it!" ... or a clue to the starts of 20-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 40% | JUSTBROWSING | 12 | "Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across |
| 39% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 39% | THATSTHETICKET | 14 | "Exactly!" ... and a hint to where 20-, 36- and 43-Across' ending words may be found |
| 39% | KEYS | 4 | Typically lost items that are "found" in the starts of 16-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 39% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Social networking service ... or an apt portmanteau for the starts of 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 39% | BLUEJEANS | 9 | Casual pants (brands of which can be found at the starts of 16-Across, 27-Across, and 35-Across) (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BOXOFCHOCOLATES | 15 | Where to find the varieties mentioned at the start of 17-, 26- and 47-Across |