| 100% | AES | 3 | Pol. monogram of '52 and '56 |
| 81% | AES | 3 | Monogram of '52 and '56 |
| 56% | ADLAI | 5 | Candidate Stevenson of '52 and '56 |
| 50% | TED | 3 | Brother of pols Jack and Bobby |
| 49% | TIMEINABOTTLE | 13 | Source of 16- and 52-Across? |
| 47% | PRIMECUTS | 9 | The starts of 18-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |
| 46% | TILDE | 5 | Mark in the intersection of 56-Across and 38-Down |
| 46% | SLAPSTICKCOMEDY | 15 | Genre of 17- and 56-Across |
| 45% | BEANDIP | 7 | Nacho accompaniment ... or a feature of 17-, 35- and 52-Across? |
| 45% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 45% | SPOONERISM | 10 | Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 44% | FINISHINGTOUCH | 14 | Concluding detail, and a feature of 16-, 25-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 44% | INNERDEMONS | 11 | Personal struggles ... or, literally, features of 17-, 26-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 44% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |
| 43% | DETERGENTS | 10 | Laundry needs, and the starts of 17-, 21-, 33-, 42- and 52-Across |
| 43% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 43% | PASTIMES | 8 | Diversions ... as hinted at by the ends of 17-, 34- and 52-Across |
| 43% | FORAYS | 6 | Sudden attacks, or a phonetic feature of 1-, 21-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 43% | SKATEPARK | 9 | Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across |
| 42% | SMARTSET | 8 | Fashionable group ... and what the starts of 18-, 21-, 38- and 52-Across form |
| 42% | ORCHESTRA | 9 | Musical group, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 42% | SAW | 3 | Wise old saying ... like the first words of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | COW | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 42% | PIG | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 42% | DUCK | 4 | Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 42% | FARM | 4 | Place that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 42% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 52-Down, betrayal, and what's formed by each pair of the trigrams |
| 42% | NFL | 3 | Org. that's home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | BEARWITHME | 10 | "Please be patient" … or a literal description of 15-, 28-, 39- and 52-Across? |
| 42% | FANTASYSPORTS | 13 | Field of DraftKings and FanDuel ... or 18-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across? |