| 100% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 55% | LEMONWEDGE | 10 | Garnish for a glass of water, or a literal feature of 17-, 29-, 35- and 42-Across |
| 49% | GOOUTSIDE | 9 | Leave the house ... and a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 49% | GUESTAPPEARANCE | 15 | Talk show drop-by ... and a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 46% | KEYBOARDSHORTCUT | 16 | Computer user’s time-saver . . . or, in another sense, a feature of 18-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across? |
| 45% | ITMEANSALOT | 11 | “That’s so nice of you” . . . and a literal description of the last word in 17-, 21-, 39-, or 57-Across |
| 44% | STUFFEDANIMAL | 13 | Tot's plaything ... and a feature of 17-, 25-, 48- and 59-Across |
| 43% | FASTFOODS | 9 | Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 43% | TRIPLEDOUBLE | 12 | Ten or more points, rebounds and assists in one game, in hoops lingo ... and a literal feature of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
| 42% | PRIVATEHOUSES | 13 | Most suburban residences... or, in a military sense, the ends of 17-, 24-, 46- and 55-Across |
| 42% | SIGNONTHE | 9 | With 60-Across, ink a contract ... or a feature of 17-, 25- and 37-Across |
| 42% | DOUBLEUP | 8 | Share a single bed ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 42% | STARTINGQB | 10 | Key member of a football team, in brief ... or a feature of 16-, 29-, 35- and 42-Across? |
| 42% | BACKUPPLAN | 10 | Safety net, of a sort, and a literal feature of 17-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |
| 41% | PAJAMAS | 7 | Nightwear ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 21-, 33-, 41-, 54- and 59-Across? |
| 41% | STICKEMUP | 9 | "Hands in the air!" ... or a literal hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 46-Across |
| 41% | PARFORTHECOURSE | 15 | Average ... or a literal hint to 17-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 41% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | Actor's stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across |
| 40% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain found at the starts of 17-, 26-, 35-, 50- and 57-Across |
| 40% | MATTER | 6 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 40% | UNITEDNATIONS | 13 | Organization founded in 1945 ... or a literal description of 20-, 24- and 44-Across? |
| 40% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 40% | FALLINGSTA | 10 | Wishful things? ... or a literal description of 16-, 17-, 32-, 44- and 60-Across |
| 40% | CENTERCONSOLE | 13 | Car's storage compartment, or a feature of 17-, 24-, 48-, and 58-Across? |
| 40% | FINALIZE | 8 | Wrap up … or a phonetic description of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 40% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 39% | VEGHEAD | 7 | Person who doesn't eat meat, informally, and a feature of 17-, 25-, 51-, and 62-Across |
| 39% | ROPEBRIDGE | 10 | Rudimentary span suspended over a river, or a span found in 17-, 25-, 37-, and 49-Across |
| 39% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 39% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Ambiguous outcomes ... or a feature of 1-, 20-, 32-, 42-, and 69-Across |