| 100% | ENERO | 5 | Start of el 37-Across |
| 65% | ENERO | 5 | Start of el año |
| 64% | ENERO | 5 | Start of el Año Nuevo |
| 60% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 59% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |
| 58% | IFIWEREYOU | 10 | Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 58% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 57% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 56% | WITHANAMELIKE | 13 | Start of an apt phrase about 114 Across |
| 56% | OUTOFTHECRADLE | 14 | Start of a 36 Across poem |
| 56% | WHENLILACSLAST | 14 | Start of a 36 Across poem |
| 56% | DRAW | 4 | Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across |
| 56% | ACTOFGOD | 8 | Force majeure, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 47-Across |
| 55% | DOUNTO | 6 | With 37-Across, start of an ethical rule |
| 55% | APRILFOOL | 9 | Cry for today, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 54-Across |
| 55% | QUARK | 5 | Particle whose six flavors form the starts of 16-, 23-, 35-, 37-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 54% | KINDOFBLUE | 10 | Classic Miles Davis album ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 22-, 37- or 45-Across |
| 54% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 54% | KEYS | 4 | PC things, which can be found at the starts of 14-, 22-, 37-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 54% | AFTERSCHOOL | 11 | Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across |
| 53% | INCA | 4 | Ancient native of 37 Across |
| 52% | WHADDYASUPPOSED | 15 | Start of a 35/36 Across quote, after seeing a Murphy bed |
| 52% | DATINGAPP | 9 | Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common |
| 52% | BEATBOXING | 10 | Percussive activity you can imitate by reading the starts of 17-, 23-, 37-, and 49-Across in a loop |
| 52% | GERM | 4 | Start of a 14-Across |
| 52% | TOMATO | 6 | Part of 37 Across |
| 52% | PEA | 3 | One of 37 across |
| 52% | SPAIN | 5 | Home of 37 Across |
| 51% | ENEROS | 6 | Starts of 29-Across |
| 51% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |