| 100% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant started by a 17-year-old Swede |
| 72% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant founded by a 17-year-old |
| 60% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant founded in 1943 by a 17-year-old |
| 59% | IKEA | 4 | Company founded by a 17-year-old Swede |
| 40% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ARK | 3 | Vessel built by a man who was at least five hundred years old, per Genesis |
| 37% | GOODNEWSBADNEWS | 15 | Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across |
| 36% | JCREW | 5 | Retail clothing giant ... or a description of 17- and 54-Across and 10- and 24-Down? |
| 35% | TAMMYFAYEBAKKERY | 16 | Pastry shop started by a televangelist? |
| 35% | TEDDANSONSTRUCTION | 18 | Studio started by a TV actor? |
| 35% | OSCARDELARENTACAR | 17 | Transportation agency started by a fashion designer? |
| 35% | EYDIEGORMEFOODS | 15 | Fancy grocery started by a nightclub singer? |
| 35% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Next number in a series suggested by the starts of 17-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 35% | CHILDSTOYS | 10 | Bearers of a phrase suggested by saying the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 34% | PENELOPECRUZLINE | 16 | Travel service started by a Spanish-born actress? |
| 34% | NOBU | 4 | Asian fusion chain started by a celebrity chef |
| 34% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across |
| 34% | TARGET | 6 | Retail giant with a bullseye logo |
| 34% | NAVY | 4 | Old ___, American clothing company owned by the clothing giant at 34a, and whose name is reminiscent of a military force |
| 34% | MEANJOEGREENEHOUSE | 18 | Plant nursery started by a football Hall-of-Famer? |
| 34% | SEARS | 5 | Retail giant with a famous catalog, once |
| 34% | TARGET | 6 | Retail giant with a red bullseye logo |
| 33% | DELAY | 5 | Stall Derek by a year |
| 33% | ARIES | 5 | Start of a new year |
| 33% | SIETE | 5 | ___ Family Foods (tortilla brand started by a family of seven) |
| 33% | FISCHER | 7 | Bobby who won 4th chess title at 17 years old |
| 33% | ROSEPARADE | 10 | Annual New Year's Day spectacle ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 33% | IKEA | 4 | Retail giant whose catalog comes in 17 languages |
| 33% | BEATBOXING | 10 | Percussive activity you can imitate by reading the starts of 17-, 23-, 37-, and 49-Across in a loop |
| 32% | ZITS | 4 | Popular comic strip about a 17-year-old high school student |