| 100% | HIDDENCOSTS | 11 | Surprises for buyers ... or what 18-, 28- and 43-Across contain |
| 58% | IVEGOTYOURNUMBER | 16 | "You're not fooling me!," or what 18-, 28-, and 43-Across might say? |
| 53% | DOTDOTDOT | 9 | Indication of more to come ... or what 17-, 28- and 43-Across all contain |
| 47% | SHOWSOMELEG | 11 | Not dress overmodestly ... or what 18-, 25- and 43-Across each do? |
| 46% | UNITED | 6 | With 43-Across, America ... or what 18-, 23-, 53- and 63-Across contain, briefly |
| 45% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture of 2014 ... or what 18-, 23-, 28-, 34-, 46- and 56-Across each is? |
| 44% | TAPS | 4 | Bugle tune ... or what one does to 1-, 18-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across |
| 43% | ONEND | 5 | Without a break ... or what each word in 18-, 28-, 46- and 62-Across has |
| 42% | NOTES | 5 | What the ends of 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across may contain |
| 39% | WOWFACTOR | 9 | Pizazz ... or what 18-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across each has? |
| 39% | FLIES | 5 | Skedaddles ... or what 18-, 26-, 42- and 53-Across all have |
| 38% | TWOTRUTHSANDALIE | 16 | Icebreaking party game ... or what can follow the last words of 18-, 28-, and 50-Across |
| 38% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 38% | TWINS | 5 | Minnesota baseball team ... or what 18-, 30-, 44- and 53-Across all are |
| 38% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Free motel offering nowadays ... or what 18-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across do? |
| 38% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking |
| 38% | WILDPITCHES | 11 | Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? |
| 38% | XFACTOR | 7 | Mystery quality ... or what 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 32-Down have? |
| 37% | DOUBLETREE | 10 | Hilton hotel chain ... or what 18-, 29- and 49-Across each have |
| 37% | RUNNINGSTART | 12 | Early advantage ... or what 20-, 28- and 45-Across each have? |
| 37% | STOCKOPTIONS | 12 | Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across? |
| 37% | DIVINGBIRD | 10 | Avian that plunges for prey, or what can be found in 14-, 28-, 52-, and 60-Across |
| 37% | CASHUPFRONT | 11 | Demand for payment prior to service, or what 18-, 27-, 41-, and 54-Across all have |
| 37% | MIXEDDRINKS | 11 | What 17-, 28-, 40- and 55-Across literally contain |
| 37% | BATONWIELDERS | 13 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are |
| 37% | HOLLYWOODSQUARES | 16 | Classic TV game show ... or what 18-, 25-, 55- and 66-Across are, in a way |
| 36% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 36% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 36% | LETTERSTOSANTA | 14 | Certain holiday mail ... or what 20-, 25- and 43-Across have in common |
| 36% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |