| 100% | PATENTS | 7 | Sony's filing of a McDonald's commercial that can be ended by shouting "McDonald's!" at the screen, and the like |
| 41% | AGE | 3 | *Birthday candle count...or a word that can be found at the end of 16a, 18a, 21a, 31a, 43a, 35d, and 40d |
| 37% | DUSTER | 6 | Feathery cleaner at the end of a stick ... and something that is brushed over furniture while cleaning |
| 36% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 36% | ASANA | 5 | Yoga position like the ones at 9a and 15d that you will encounter during a day of practicing yoga |
| 36% | DOT | 3 | Mark that could be made by the tip of a pencil |
| 36% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 35% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 35% | TOURDEFRANCE | 12 | Annual cycling race that ends at Champs-Elysees and is a part of the UCI World Tour: 3 wds. |
| 35% | CAST | 4 | List at the end of a film, that's sometimes ordered by appearance |
| 35% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 35% | FLOORMATS | 9 | Parts of a car's interior that can be removed and cleaned |
| 35% | LAW | 3 | Betteridge’s ___ of headlines (“Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’ ”) |
| 35% | CASTLESMADEOF | 13 | "___ Sand," a song by Jimi Hendrix that is about the temporary nature of existence and how nothing can be taken for granted: 3 wds. |
| 34% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 34% | THOR | 4 | Chris Hemsworth role that can be found scrambled at the end of Hemsworth |
| 34% | ICH | 3 | German pronoun that can be found at the end of "which" or "ostrich" |
| 34% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 33% | ZERO | 4 | Number that can never be at the bottom of a fraction |
| 33% | SIMPLEMACHINE | 13 | Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across |
| 33% | SLASHER | 7 | Canadian anthology horror series with a mystery storyline that is resolved at the end of the season |
| 33% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 33% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 33% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 33% | STOP | 4 | Full ___, English language punctuation that looks like . and indicates the end of a sentence |
| 32% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 32% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across |
| 32% | MARTIANMISSIONS | 15 | NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across |
| 32% | HIGHDEFINITION | 14 | Like most televisions, and what can be found at the start of 20-, 36-, or 46-Across |
| 32% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |