| 100% | COMMAND | 7 | See 17- and 64-Across, and 11- and 34-Down |
| 79% | TWODOOR | 7 | Coupe, e.g. ... or a hint to 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 68% | NOTESOFTHESCALE | 15 | Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 65% | CRACKER | 7 | Word that can follow the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 64% | HUMAN | 5 | Word that can precede the first word of 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 64% | SHOES | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 63% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 62% | SPARE | 5 | Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 62% | GIRAFFE | 7 | Creature with distinctive features seen at the ends of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 62% | GUNS | 4 | Shooters, and a word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 40- and 64-Across and 11- and 30-Down |
| 62% | ONTHEBEACH | 10 | 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and 45-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 58% | GET | 3 | See 17- and 58-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 58% | COLORFULANIMALS | 15 | 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 57% | PARTING | 7 | See 19- and 54-Across and 11- and 41-Down |
| 56% | 80SFADS | 7 | 17- and 66-Across and 11- and 30-Down, e.g. |
| 56% | BREAKTHINGS | 11 | See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 55% | PRIMENUMBER | 11 | 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 25-Down all start with one |
| 55% | AUTOS | 5 | Ends of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 54% | BEAT | 4 | Patrol found on the borders of 17-, 34-, 43- and 64-Across |
| 54% | SOFTG | 5 | Sound heard in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 54% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 54% | NAMES | 5 | Starts of 17- and 55-Across, and 11- and 29-Down, impolitely |
| 54% | TRAINTRACK | 10 | Its parts end 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 53% | KOS | 3 | Boxing stats found in 20- and 60-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 53% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 53% | LATINI | 6 | Where 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down might be used |
| 53% | BITTEREND | 9 | What 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 25-Down each comes to? |
| 53% | ONTHERISE | 9 | Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 53% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 53% | CAR | 3 | There's one garaged in 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 28-Down |