| 100% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 58% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 55% | THEPLOTTHICKENS | 15 | "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 55% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 54% | MATINEEIDOL | 11 | Figure described by the first words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| 53% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 52% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 52% | HORSETRAILERS | 13 | Equestrian transport vehicles, and what the last words of 20-, 25-, and 45-Across can be |
| 52% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 52% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 52% | CARRIESNOWEIGHT | 15 | Has little significance ... and to all intents and purposes, what the first word of 17-, 27- and 48-Across does |
| 51% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 51% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed |
| 51% | LOSSLEADER | 10 | Retailer's drawing card, and what the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across can be |
| 50% | RIGHTOFCENTER | 13 | Somewhat conservative, politically ... and where the first word of 17-, 31-, 43- and 60-Across can literally be found |
| 50% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 50% | BAD | 3 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17-, 36- and 57-Across, and 11- and 32-Down |
| 49% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 49% | OUT | 3 | One of an inning's three, which can follow the first word of 17-, 29-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 49% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 48% | FLATFINISH | 10 | Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 48% | FIGUREHEAD | 10 | Carved decoration on a ship's prow ... or a hint to the first word of 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 48% | SOUNDADVICE | 11 | Words of wisdom, and what 17-, 30-, and 45-Across could be called? |
| 48% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 47% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 47% | 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? |
| 47% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 46% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | Provider of the first words of 29-, 38- and 45-Across |
| 45% | WESTPOINT | 9 | School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 45% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-Across, 18-Across, 42-Across, and 45-Across (2 wds.) |