| 100% | BREAKINGSTORY | 13 | Reporter's delivery ... and what 20-, 34- and 41-Across are literally doing? |
| 54% | CROSSEDABEAR | 12 | Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle |
| 53% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 49% | THEYMIGHTCRASH | 14 | What 20-, 34- and 41-Across have in common |
| 47% | LEMONADEMIXES | 13 | Tart drink concentrates, or what's literally found in 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 46% | SANDWICHWRAPS | 13 | Flatbread lunch items ... and, as shown by circles, what 20-, 33- and 41-Across are? |
| 44% | HEADSTART | 9 | What each word in 18-, 20-, 34- and 51-Across could be considered |
| 43% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 43% | FLIPPINGHOUSES | 14 | Buying, renovating and quickly selling homes for profit ... or what this puzzle's theme entries are literally doing |
| 43% | CLEARTHETABLE | 13 | What people are likely to do in response to 20-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 43% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 42% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 42% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 42% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 41% | NURSERYRHYMES | 13 | What 20-Across and 39-Across are |
| 41% | OUTSIDESHOTS | 12 | What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are |
| 41% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 40% | TWOHUNDREDTH | 12 | With 41 and 55 Across, what 15 Across is |
| 40% | COUNTRYCOOKING | 14 | Rural cuisine ... and what 20-, 31- and 39-Across are examples of? |
| 40% | BROWSERHISTORY | 14 | Surfing records, and what 20-, 25- and 46-Across are part of? |
| 40% | PITS | 4 | What 20-, 41-, and 56-Across all have |
| 40% | JAM | 3 | What 20-, 37- and 53-Across may do |
| 40% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 39% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 39% | TOUCH | 5 | With 28 Across, get offline ... and what 13 and 20 Across do? |
| 39% | SPLICEDGENES | 12 | What 20-, 27- and 41-Across contain, in a manner of speaking |
| 39% | MORNINGAFTER | 12 | Hangover ... and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 39% | BUMPSETSPIKE | 12 | Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together |
| 39% | COCKTAILS | 9 | What 17-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across are |
| 39% | MAGAZINEREADERS | 15 | What 17-, 20-, 56- and 60-Across are? |