| 100% | TANGLE | 6 | Problem common to long hair, earphones and other cables? |
| 35% | NECK | 4 | Long part common to a guitar and a giraffe |
| 34% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Hint to what the other nine longest answers have in common |
| 34% | EMPTYWORDS | 10 | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| 34% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 34% | DOUBLEDOG | 9 | Schoolyard dare intensifier ... and a hint to the five other longest answers |
| 34% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 33% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 32% | ETALII | 6 | And others, to Antony |
| 32% | ETALII | 6 | And others, to Ovid |
| 32% | ETALIA | 6 | And others, to Caesar |
| 32% | ETALIA | 6 | And others, to Ovid |
| 32% | CHANGINGDIAPERS | 15 | New father's task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? |
| 32% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 32% | ETALIA | 6 | And other things, long ago |
| 32% | EYE | 3 | Common to potato and needle? |
| 32% | LIONS | 5 | Common to Nittany and Detroit |
| 31% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 31% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 31% | ETCETC | 6 | And others too numerous to mention |
| 31% | ETC | 3 | And others too numerous to mention |
| 30% | STORMYWEATHER | 13 | Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem's Cotton Club ... and a hint to four other long answers |
| 30% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 30% | ALLIE | 5 | "Solutions and Other Problems" author Brosh |
| 30% | ALLIE | 5 | "Solutions and Other Problems" writer Brosh |
| 30% | EAVE | 4 | Letters common to "cleave" and "heave" |
| 30% | EER | 3 | Ending common to "mountain" and "slogan" |
| 30% | BEARD | 5 | Feature common to Dumbledore and Gandalf |
| 30% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste common to tomatoes and seaweed |