| 100% | TUCKEDINBED | 11 | Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are |
| 51% | BEARFRUIT | 9 | Be productive ... or what the answers at 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across do? |
| 50% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 48% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 47% | ABANDON | 7 | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| 45% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 45% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 45% | TOP | 3 | With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 45% | SPINCLASS | 9 | Modern exercise option ... or what the answers to 17-, 26-, 36- or 49-Across could teach? |
| 45% | BORNLOSERS | 10 | Ones fated to fail, or what the answers to the starred clues are, initially? |
| 45% | SHOWDOWNS | 9 | Decisive confrontations ... or what the answers to the six starred clues are? |
| 45% | SUPERFOOD | 9 | Marketing term for nutrient-rich fare, or what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 45% | THEHUNGERGAMES | 14 | Dystopian novel/film series … or what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 44% | INJEOPARDY | 10 | At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across? |
| 44% | ROLLWITHIT | 10 | Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 44% | FEEDINGFRENZY | 13 | Mad rush for spoils ... or what the answers to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 60-Across have descended into? |
| 44% | ESSAYCOLLECTION | 15 | Anthology of personal writings ... and a phonetic hint to what is literally comprised by the answers of 17-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 44% | IRISHCOUNTIES | 13 | What the answers to the seven starred clues all are or contain |
| 44% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 44% | CHRISTIANROCK | 13 | Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? |
| 44% | OUTOFORDERSIGNS | 15 | Some bathroom postings ... or what the clues to 16-, 21-, 46- and 59-Across are? |
| 44% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 44% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 44% | DOUBLEDATES | 11 | Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 44% | REARENDED | 9 | Hit from behind ... and what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 44% | BIGPICTURE | 10 | Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? |
| 44% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 43% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 43% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |