| 100% | TEXASBARBECUE | 13 | Southern contribution to the 62-Across |
| 79% | CALIFORNIAROLLS | 15 | Western contribution to the 62-Across |
| 76% | MAINELOBSTERS | 13 | New England contribution to the 62-Across |
| 76% | VIRGINIAHAM | 11 | Mid-Atlantic contribution to the 62-Across |
| 54% | ANTE | 4 | First contribution to the 33-Across, in card games |
| 53% | INPUT | 5 | Contribution to the discussion |
| 53% | ALMS | 4 | Contributions to the poor |
| 52% | DOH | 3 | Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across |
| 50% | ANTE | 4 | Early contribution to the poker pot |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | Initial contribution to the pot in poker |
| 49% | COPAY | 5 | Patient's contribution to the insurance company |
| 49% | TAIL | 4 | Apt attachment to the ends of 30-, 37-, 59- and 62-Across |
| 47% | MARCONI | 7 | 1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio |
| 46% | HIJACKS | 7 | Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? |
| 45% | INEUROPE | 8 | Across the pond, to some |
| 45% | DALMATIA | 8 | Croatian region perhaps best known for its contribution to the animal kingdom |
| 45% | BOZ | 3 | Pseudonym used by Charles Dickens in contributions to the Morning Chronicle newspaper |
| 45% | STICKWITHIT | 11 | Persevere, or a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 26-, 53-, and 62-Across |
| 45% | LESOTHO | 7 | Home to the tallest mountain in southern Africa |
| 45% | DOSE | 4 | Medicine internal to the four longest Across answers |
| 45% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunting words for opponents, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 22-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 44% | ZEALAND | 7 | Country that is home to the Southern Alps: New __ |
| 44% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 44% | DRIBBLE | 7 | To bounce a basketball across the court |
| 44% | HOLA | 4 | Howdy, across the southern border |
| 43% | PENGUIN | 7 | Black and white flightless bird native to the Southern Hemisphere |
| 43% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 43% | SOMETHINGWICKED | 15 | Start of a Ray Bradbury title ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 43% | FIREWALK | 8 | The term given to stepping across hot coals |
| 43% | PUTTED | 6 | Stroked to roll across the green |