| 100% | SYNS | 4 | Roget offerings (abbr.) ... or, loosely, the first and last words of 20-, 28-, 48- and 56-Across |
| 48% | TEASEAPART | 10 | Carefully distinguish ... or a phonetic hint to the first and last letters of 17-, 26-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| 48% | FILMDIRECTOR | 12 | Speaker of the last words of 20-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 47% | BELOWTHEBELT | 12 | Grossly unfair, or where you find the last words of 20-, 29-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 46% | ADFREE | 6 | Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? |
| 46% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 45% | GROUP | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 20- and 48-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 45% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Estimates, and what the last parts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across are, in different ways |
| 45% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Icebreaking party game ... or what can follow the last words of 18-, 28-, and 50-Across |
| 44% | DUCKDUCKGOOSE | 13 | Children's game ... or the circled words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 44% | IMONYOURSIDE | 12 | Words of full support, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 27-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 44% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Easy preparation instruction ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 44% | PERRYWHITE | 10 | Character known for exclaiming the first words of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 43% | WHATSSOFUNNY | 12 | Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 43% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 43% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 43% | SNAPDECISION | 12 | Thing made in haste, or perhaps after the first words of 20-, 34- and 40-Across |
| 43% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | Mundane musings, or what the last words of 20-, 32-, and 39-Across have in common? |
| 42% | LETSUNPACKTHAT | 14 | Therapist's statement, or what can be said about the first parts of 20-, 28-, and 46-Across? |
| 41% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Musketeers' motto |
| 41% | PROANDCON | 9 | Debating sides, and words that can precede the first parts of 20- and 39-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 41% | TAKEANL | 7 | Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first |
| 41% | ALL | 3 | First and last word of the Three Musketeers' motto |
| 41% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across |
| 41% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 40% | KEEPSANEYEON | 12 | Looks after, as suggested by the last word of 20-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 40% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| 40% | LETTEROPENER | 12 | Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across? |
| 40% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 40% | AMATTEROFTIME | 13 | Bound to happen sooner or later ... or a literal description of the ends of the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45-Across |