| 100% | ALPHABET | 8 | Series whose first seven members are sung to the starts of 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 39% | GHOST | 5 | Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across |
| 36% | WORDSWITHFRIENDS | 16 | Popular app ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24- and 49-Across |
| 36% | LGBTQ | 5 | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 35% | DELI | 4 | Where you might find the starts of 18-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 35% | MUSCLES | 7 | They're subject to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 34% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 34% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 34% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | 1998 Hanks/Ryan rom-com ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 34% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 34% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 34% | BUTTHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 34% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically |
| 33% | VERBALGYMNASTICS | 16 | Fancy, evasive language ... or a hint to the ends of 18-, 26-, 54- and 65-Across |
| 33% | PIDAY | 5 | Mid-March celebration ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 25-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 33% | FROST | 5 | Poet who used the starts of 24-, 41- and 55-Across to describe the woods |
| 33% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 33% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 33% | DOUBLEHEADERS | 13 | Baseball rarities nowadays ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 48- and 57-Across |
| 33% | RENTACARS | 9 | Some vacation expenses ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 54-Across |
| 33% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 33% | BEGINNINGOFFALL | 15 | September equinox, and a hint to the starts of 18- & 62-Across and 2-, 3-, 10-, 33-, 37- & 38-Down |
| 32% | JERRYKOOSMAN | 12 | Starting pitcher who won Game 2 and Game 5 (pitching to 18-Across for the final out) of the 1969 World Series for the Miracle Mets (2 wds.) |
| 32% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 32% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 32% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 32% | WHITEWATER | 10 | Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | LIQUORSTORE | 11 | Where to purchase the starts of 21-, 26- and 45-Across |
| 32% | PENCILMEIN | 10 | Tentative "It's a date" ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 32% | GOTMILK | 7 | Ad campaign featuring white mustaches, and a hint to the starts of the answers to 18-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across |