| 100% | DLI | 3 | Subunit of the DOD that provides linguistic and cultural instruction to agencies and customers on a global basis (abbr.) |
| 31% | NASA | 4 | Agency that plans to land a woman on the moon by 2024: Abbr. |
| 31% | DIMPLES | 7 | Tiny indents on a golf ball that provide control of the ball's trajectory, flight, and spin |
| 30% | ISP | 3 | Org. that provides on-line access and in the US, has to allow law agencies to monitor their transmissions |
| 30% | TAKEITTOTHEBANK | 15 | "You can count on that!," and a hint to the starts of 16-, 25-, and 43-Across |
| 29% | SSE | 3 | Direction that's down and a little to the right: Abbr. |
| 28% | SEVENSEAS | 9 | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 28% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking giant of the '00s that was the first to reach a global audience |
| 28% | NASA | 4 | Agency that's farming out the space shuttle to Boeing and SpaceX: Abbr. |
| 28% | ISP | 3 | Term for a company that provides access to the Web: Abbr. |
| 28% | NASA | 4 | Agency that put a man on the moon: Abbr. |
| 27% | IRS | 3 | Agency that's the subject of the book "Confessions of a Tax Collector": Abbr. |
| 27% | UNESCO | 6 | Agency of the United Nations that sponsors programmes to promote education and the arts |
| 27% | RELAY | 5 | Type of race that requires the participant to pass on a baton |
| 27% | ENE | 3 | Dir. that's to the right and a little up on a map |
| 27% | LBJ | 3 | Pres. who was older bother to Sam Houston and was born on a ranch on the banks of the Pedernales River (abbr.) |
| 27% | TENANTS | 7 | People who live on land and pay rent to the owner of that land. |
| 27% | SITE | 4 | Intelligence gp. on the web that strives to provide "verified, actionable intelligence and analysis on terrorist and extremist groups" |
| 27% | CUETHEMUSIC | 11 | Instruction to start playing ... or a hint to the end of 18-, 24-, 49- and 56-Across |
| 27% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 27% | COMMA | 5 | English language punctuation that looks like , and is used to separate two parts of a sentence or two items on a list |
| 26% | AUGMENTED | 9 | With 50-Across, category of games that provide a layer on top of the physical world |
| 26% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 26% | SUNTAN | 6 | The kind of lotion you put on to avoid sunburn and get a 25a |
| 26% | DDE | 3 | Measurement that indicates the amount of whole-body radiation and its effect on the body at a tissue depth of 1 cm (abbr.) |
| 26% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 26% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 26% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | ACLU | 4 | Nonprofit organization that strives to preserve the rights and liberties of Americans: Abbr. |