| 100% | OUTEREDGES | 10 | Peripheries, and what 17-, 23- and 53-Across all contain |
| 64% | PRICECUTS | 9 | Markdowns, and what 17-, 23- and 46-Across all exhibit |
| 63% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Unfulfilled campaign pledge ... and a hint to what 16-, 23-, 46- and 53-Across all contain |
| 60% | ANAGRAMMEDNAMES | 15 | What the clues for 17-, 27- and 48-Across all contain |
| 59% | DOTDOTDOT | 9 | Indication of more to come ... or what 17-, 28- and 43-Across all contain |
| 54% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 54% | AUPAIR | 6 | Live-in help, and what's contained in 17-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 52% | WORKERSINAISLES | 15 | What 17-, 28- and 43-Across all are |
| 52% | NEWBEGINNINGS | 13 | Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? |
| 51% | MUCKRAKERS | 10 | What 17, 21, 37, and 55 Across are all examples of |
| 51% | TOSSEDSALAD | 11 | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| 51% | SPLITHAIRS | 10 | Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do? |
| 51% | BUBBLETEAMS | 11 | Major topic of conversation leading up to NCAA's Selection Sunday ... and what 16-, 23-, 36-, and 46-Across all contain? |
| 50% | LETMEREPEAT | 11 | "I'll say it again," and what 17-, 23-, and 44-Across literally do? |
| 50% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 49% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | What 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across contain |
| 49% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | What 17-, 23-, 38- and 55-Across have |
| 49% | SHOWOFHANDS | 11 | Quick polling method, and what 17-, 29-, and 49-Across all are, in different ways |
| 49% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Ballpark events, or what 17-, 31- and 48-Across all have |
| 49% | LIEABILITY | 10 | What 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across may demonstrate? |
| 49% | FIVESTARS | 9 | What 17-, 23-, 33- and 47-Across each have |
| 48% | PINKTHINGS | 10 | What 17-Across and 10- and 24-Down all conceal |
| 48% | COOKIES | 7 | What 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across are types of |
| 48% | OVERSHARING | 11 | Social sin ... and what 17-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across are guilty of? |
| 48% | ABITETOEAT | 10 | Some chow, and what 17-, 23-, 33- and 48-Across sound like, fittingly |
| 48% | USMARINECORPS | 13 | Its hymn contains the starts to 17-, 21- and 53-Across |
| 48% | LOOKINGBACK | 11 | Reminiscing, and what 17-, 22-, 35-, and 49-Across all have |
| 48% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 48% | MIXEDDRINKS | 11 | What 17-, 28-, 40- and 55-Across literally contain |
| 47% | BATONWIELDERS | 13 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are |