| 100% | FISH | 4 | Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across |
| 41% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 41% | INTERIORDESIGNER | 16 | Elle Decor reader ... or any of the names hidden in 18-, 28-, 52- and 66-Across? |
| 36% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 36% | ITSTIMETOROLL | 13 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 35% | HEY | 3 | With 61-Down, Jimi Hendrix's first single ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28-, 45- and 50-Across |
| 35% | GOVERNMENTBONDS | 15 | Treasury notes ... or what the two sides of 17-, 23-, 37- and 52-Across are joined with? |
| 35% | ORCHESTRA | 9 | Musical group, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 34% | STOCKOPTIONS | 12 | Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across? |
| 34% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 34% | DEAR | 4 | With 67-Across, one of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37- and 52-Across (can you find the other one?) |
| 34% | 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? |
| 34% | SHARKINFESTED | 13 | Like the waters in 1 Across...and 20, 28, and 45 Across? |
| 34% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 33% | CHANGEOFPACE | 12 | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| 33% | THATSALL | 8 | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 33% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 33% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 32% | THREELITTLEPIGS | 15 | Homeowners associated with the ends of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 32% | NEAR | 4 | With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together |
| 32% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 32% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 32% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 31% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 31% | SHELLCOMPANY | 12 | Vehicle for some financial deception ... or, literally, the casing of 20-, 30-, 37-, and 46-Across? |
| 31% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 31% | GENERALDISARRAY | 15 | Chaos ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 28-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 31% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 31% | SOAPS | 5 | Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 31% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |