| 100% | MARCH | 5 | Spring time ... or a military procession involving a word sequence hidden in 15-, 31-, 41- and 61-Across |
| 35% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 34% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Foreigner's obstacle ... or a hint to hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 33% | NEST | 4 | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 33% | RELIGIOUSLEADER | 15 | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| 33% | KEEPITBETWEENUS | 15 | "Let this be our little secret" … or a hint to letter sequences hidden in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 32% | MULTIPLECHOICE | 14 | Kind of test ... and a hint to a word hidden three times each in 16-, 22-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 32% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| 31% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 30% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Pleasing to look at ... or a phonetic hint to a two-letter sequence in 16-, 20-, 51- and 56-Across |
| 30% | MOREORLESS | 10 | Roughly, and a hint to the words hidden in 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 29% | THREEHOLEPUNCH | 14 | Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 29% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 29% | PAJAMAS | 7 | Nightwear ... or a hidden feature of 17-, 21-, 33-, 41-, 54- and 59-Across? |
| 29% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 29% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 29% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 29% | SODAMIXER | 9 | Ingredient in some cocktails ... or a hint to the last words in 17-, 23-, 32-, 43- and 48-Across |
| 28% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Dryer screen used to "catch" a hidden word in 16-, 22-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 28% | BEFOREHAND | 10 | Earlier ... or a hint to the words circled in 17-, 21-, 37- and 51-Across |
| 28% | TECHBOOMS | 9 | Big times in Silicon Valley … or a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across? |
| 28% | ONEND | 5 | Without a break ... or what each word in 18-, 28-, 46- and 62-Across has |
| 28% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 28% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 28% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 28% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | "Star Wars" droid ... or a phonetic hint to what's found in 17-, 26-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 28% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 28% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Average income group, and a hint to hidden words in 18-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 28% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 28% | ARTOO | 5 | ___-Detoo ... or, when read in three parts, a hint to 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |