| 100% | TOTALLYRIPPED | 13 | Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across |
| 59% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunts between teams, or an apt description of 16-, 29-, and 48-Across? |
| 58% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across |
| 57% | ROYAL | 5 | With 39-Down, defenders over London, or an apt description of 19-, 29-, and 52-Across? |
| 54% | NOSEJOBS | 8 | Rhinoplasties, or an apt description of 16-, 25-, 37-, and 53-Across? |
| 49% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 49% | NOMDEPLUME | 10 | Literary alias, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 46% | DEVIOUS | 7 | Tricky ... or a tricky description of 18-, 29-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across |
| 45% | ANIMALSPIRITS | 13 | Keynesian term for emotional factors that affect financial decision-making . . . or an apt description of 18-, 24-, 50-, and 57-Across |
| 44% | STUD | 4 | Apt description of 18-Across, 32-Across, and 44-Across |
| 44% | SOUNDBITES | 10 | Broadcast news snippets ... or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? |
| 43% | RUNDOWN | 7 | Seedy, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 9-, 29- and 33-Down |
| 43% | UNITEDNATIONS | 13 | Organization founded in 1945 ... or a literal description of 20-, 24- and 44-Across? |
| 43% | BOARDMEETING | 12 | High-level get-together, or an apt description of the pairing found in 19-, 25-, 30-, 48-, or 56-Across? |
| 43% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 42% | BLOCKBUSTER | 11 | Hugely successful film … or an apt description of a 59-Down player? |
| 42% | SWINGSET | 8 | Playground fixture, or an apt description of the beginnings of the starred clues |
| 42% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | ALAMODE | 7 | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Social networking service ... or an apt portmanteau for the starts of 17-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 41% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 41% | SOUNDSRIGHT | 11 | "That tracks," and an apt description of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across? |
| 40% | DROPPEDCALL | 11 | Weak signal result, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 8-, 18- and 20-Down |
| 40% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 40% | SCRAMBLETHEJETS | 15 | Spring into action ... or an apt directive for 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 40% | ITALIAN | 7 | With 55-Across, description of 23-, 36- and 44-Across |
| 40% | PERMUTATIONS | 12 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other |
| 40% | SOLOPROJECT | 11 | Venture undertaken after leaving the band . . . or an apt description of each of the works with italicized clues |
| 40% | PASSINGCOMMENTS | 15 | Offhand remarks, and an apt description of 17-, 23-, 35- and 53-Across |
| 40% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Guard aggressively, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 38-, and 50-Across |