| 100% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Round after the Elite Eight, and what the ends of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 45-Across are? |
| 58% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 51% | OFFTHEWALL | 10 | Bizarre, and what the ends of 16-, 22-, 37-, and 49-Across are when redecorating |
| 49% | MOVINGPARTS | 11 | Working components of an engine ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 34- and 47-Across are? |
| 48% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 48% | COLLECTORSITEMS | 15 | Things gathered by aficionados ... or what the ends of 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across can be? |
| 45% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 45% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 45% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 44% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 44% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 44% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| 44% | SOMETHINGTODO | 13 | Time-filling activity, and what the ends of 20-, 30-, 38- and 47-Across are |
| 44% | SUGARSUBSTITUTE | 15 | Artificial sweetener ... and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally |
| 43% | PIE | 3 | Dessert choice, and what the starts of 16-, 25-, 46- and 59-Across are types of |
| 43% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 43% | COURTAPPEARANCE | 15 | Proceeding that may follow a subpoena, and what the ends of 16-, 23-, 46-, and 59-Across can make? |
| 43% | EARLYDAYS | 9 | Beginning stages, and what the starts of 16-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across literally are? |
| 43% | THEWHOLESHEBANG | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 29- and 46-Across figuratively comprise |
| 43% | PIZZA | 5 | Popular pie, and what the ends of 17-, 30-, 45- and 61-Across have in common |
| 43% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |
| 42% | BANDLEADER | 10 | Musical conductor ... and what the end of 18-, 23-, 40- or 51-Across can be? |
| 42% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 42% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 42% | HOMEFRONT | 9 | Civilian activity site during wartime ... and what the end of 17-, 25-, 49- and 59-Across can be |
| 42% | LIGHTNING | 9 | What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively |
| 42% | ABOUTAFOOT | 10 | How tall Barbie is ... or what the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 47-Across are? |
| 42% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 42% | CURRENCIES | 10 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are |
| 41% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |