| 100% | THEGAP | 6 | Something to mind ... in 18-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 46% | SHELL | 5 | Something you might hold to your ear in order to hear the first parts of 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across? |
| 43% | SPOTOFTEA | 9 | 4 p.m. British refreshment ... or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across and 3-Down? |
| 42% | DOUBLEDATE | 10 | It consists of a couple of couples ... and, when divided differently, a hint to something hidden in 17-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 42% | BYHOOKORBYCROOK | 15 | How 18-, 24-, 47- and 56-Across may be defined |
| 40% | HEADSTARTS | 10 | Advantages, or a hint to 18-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 40% | HEADSOFSTATE | 12 | Country leaders, and along with names in parentheses, a hint to 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 39% | STARTUP | 7 | With 40-Across, money required to open a business ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 39% | OFFCENTER | 9 | Out of whack, as shown in 18-, 24-, 41- and 51-Across |
| 38% | GOOD | 4 | With 37-Down, what 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across are all said to bring |
| 38% | FSTOP | 5 | Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-, 47-, and 58-Across? |
| 38% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make at night and break in the morning |
| 37% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 37% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 37% | TONIGHTSHOWHOST | 15 | TV personality hidden in the answers to 16-, 22-, 32-, 41- and 47-Across |
| 37% | GRANDFATHER | 11 | What 18-Across is, to the other protagonist, Morty Smith, in "Rick and Morty" |
| 37% | SADSONG | 7 | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles' "Hey Jude" |
| 36% | INTEND | 6 | To have something in mind as a goal |
| 36% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 36% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Typical annual meeting attendee ... or what 18-, 24- and 51-Across each can be, in a way |
| 36% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? |
| 36% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 36% | PREMEDITATED | 12 | Calculated ... or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across |
| 36% | ROCKYSTART | 10 | Bumpy beginning ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 36% | WALLET | 6 | Something to put money, cards, and other items in |
| 36% | FOOD | 4 | Something to eat... and what goes around and comes back around in a microwave |
| 35% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 35% | IMAGINE | 7 | To see or create something in a person's mind |
| 35% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 35% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |