| 100% | EIEIO | 5 | String of vowels seemingly unrelated to the narrative of Old MacDonald and his farm animals |
| 36% | EIO | 3 | Vowels at the end of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" |
| 29% | PIG | 3 | Farm animal considered to be one of the smartest mammals in the world |
| 28% | PRINCEWILLIAM | 13 | Oldest son of 34-Across and heir apparent to the British throne (2 wds.) |
| 28% | FLASHFORWARD | 12 | Narrative device that peeks at the future ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31-, and 48-Across |
| 28% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 28% | JACOB | 5 | (2/10) ...when the ghost of his old business partner ___ Marley appeared to him... |
| 27% | LAP | 3 | To the end of the pool and back |
| 27% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 27% | EIEIO | 5 | String of nonsense letters in "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" |
| 27% | EIEIO | 5 | String of letters sung in "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" |
| 27% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | Answer to an old riddle alluded to by the starts of 17-, 32-, 42- and 64-Across |
| 27% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 26% | GOWHOLEHOG | 10 | Pull out all the stops, and how to find the animals at the starts of 17-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 26% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 26% | TAMIL | 5 | Relating to the people of South India and Sri Lanka |
| 26% | AANDW | 5 | Root beer brand, and a phonetic hint to the three vowels of 18-, 23-, 37-, 55- and 60-Across |
| 26% | CETOLOGY | 8 | The study of whales, dolphins and similar animals |
| 26% | PIG | 3 | Member of Old MacDonald's farm |
| 26% | BUMPERCROP | 10 | Abundant farm yield ... and what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise? |
| 26% | TAXIDERMY | 9 | The art of preparing and stuffing skins of animals |
| 26% | FREEWILL | 8 | The capacity of man to choose his own path |
| 26% | BEARS | 5 | Animals on the flags of both California and Missouri |
| 26% | LUST | 4 | "... prologue to the history of __ and foul thoughts": Iago |
| 26% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Face to the right of George, Thomas and Theodore |
| 26% | VIS | 3 | Letters common to the start of "vision" and "visor" |
| 26% | OINKED | 6 | Emulated one of Old MacDonald's animals |
| 26% | MANXCAT | 7 | Endemic animal to the Isle of Man |
| 25% | DOLLS | 5 | Island of the ___, Mexican forest island that is home to strung-up dolls and ghost stories |
| 25% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |