| 100% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 59% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down |
| 42% | WHATCHAUPTO | 11 | "Anything fun on the agenda today?," or a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 21-, and 29-Down |
| 38% | RUNDOWN | 7 | Seedy, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 9-, 29- and 33-Down |
| 38% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | FALLINGSTA | 10 | Wishful things? ... or a literal description of 16-, 17-, 32-, 44- and 60-Across |
| 38% | UNITEDNATIONS | 13 | Organization founded in 1945 ... or a literal description of 20-, 24- and 44-Across? |
| 38% | SHAPESUP | 8 | Quits misbehaving ... or a literal hint to 4-, 9-, 13-, 49- and 57-Down |
| 38% | SOCIALCAPITAL | 13 | Network of personal relationships ... or a punny hint to 3-, 7- and 11-Down |
| 37% | DROPSHOTS | 9 | Tricky tennis returns, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| 37% | DOWN | 4 | With 40-Down, how rain falls ... or a literal description of the answers to the four themed clues |
| 37% | CLOTHESLINE | 11 | Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? |
| 36% | BEARWITHME | 10 | "Please be patient" … or a literal description of 15-, 28-, 39- and 52-Across? |
| 35% | COLDPLUNGE | 10 | Post-workout water therapy option, or a description of the ends of 1-, 4-, and 7-Down |
| 35% | CHOCOLATEDROP | 13 | Kiss alternative ... or a hint to the starts of 3-, 5-, 10-, 14-, 26-, 64- and 68-Down |
| 35% | AMATTEROFTIME | 13 | Bound to happen sooner or later ... or a literal description of the ends of the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45-Across |
| 35% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |
| 35% | TOPBANANA | 9 | Head honcho, and a hint to the first word of 3-, 8-, 21-, or 24-Down |
| 35% | SHORTFALL | 9 | Unexpected deficit, and a description of 3-, 5-, 7- and 30-Down |
| 34% | ITSUPTOYOU | 10 | "I'll defer on this one" ... or a hint for what's found in 3-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down? |
| 34% | OPEDCOLUMN | 10 | Place for airing an opinion ... or what five of this puzzle's Down answers contain? |
| 34% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 33% | TIANOMORE | 9 | Star of "Earth Mama" ... or a summary of what's happened to 3 Down and 6 Down? |
| 33% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | On another level, or a clue to the starts of 3-, 4-, 11- and 27-Down |
| 33% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 33% | WATERSLIDES | 11 | Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 32% | PLANTBASED | 10 | Like a meatless diet ... or like the answers to 3-, 7-, 10-, and 24-Down? |
| 32% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 32% | SNOWCAPPED | 10 | Like alpine peaks ... or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can be? |