| 100% | PLEONASMS | 9 | Redundancies, like 20- and 50-Across and 5- and 29-Down |
| 56% | PRETZEL | 7 | Snack item with shapes at the last parts of 20- and 50-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 53% | ODD | 3 | Like 3, 5, and 7 (and the opposite of 50-Across) |
| 49% | AAA | 3 | Clue to 20- and 55-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 48% | GAL | 3 | Inner woman of 20- and 53-Across and 10- and 29-Down |
| 48% | ORAL | 4 | Like any part of 20 and 39 Across |
| 47% | LATIN | 5 | Like 50-Across and 10-Down |
| 47% | WAXEN | 5 | Like Madame Tussauds' statues and 5-Across/5-Down |
| 47% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 47% | DUETS | 5 | Performances by two singers ... like 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down? |
| 45% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 45% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 45% | ALLWISE | 7 | Like King Solomon ... or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 44% | SOAP | 4 | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| 44% | WORD | 4 | ___ ladder (puzzle type seen at 9 Across, 10 Across, 19 Across, 20 Across, and 16 Down) |
| 44% | CLEANENERGY | 11 | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 43% | ANEYEFORANI | 11 | Punny hint to answering 20-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 43% | SHARKINFESTED | 13 | Like the waters in 1 Across...and 20, 28, and 45 Across? |
| 42% | GETLOST | 7 | Scram ... or a hint to solving 17-, 20-, 50- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 42% | DOGS | 4 | Recipients of the cries seen at the starts of 20-, 36- and 50-Across and 7-Down |
| 42% | REDUNDANT | 9 | Like 17-, 36- and 43-Across as well as 11- and 29-Down |
| 41% | COMMERCIALFREE | 14 | Like 20-, 25- and 43-Across? |
| 40% | JAPANESEIMPORTS | 15 | 20-, 25-, 45- and 50-Across, in a way |
| 40% | FLOSS | 5 | Dentist's advice … or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 40% | TAUTOLOGICAL | 12 | Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages |
| 40% | WALKEDONTHEMOON | 15 | What 20- and 50-Across did on July 20, 1969 |
| 40% | DARE | 4 | Challenge "accepted" by 20-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 40% | LIONHEARTED | 11 | Courageous ... like 17-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across? |
| 39% | POLITICALANIMAL | 15 | Human being, per Aristotle, who can be seen in 50-Across and 3-, 5-, 9- and 11-Down |