| 100% | LONE | 4 | Synonym for "solitary" confined in 17-, 30-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 45% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across |
| 40% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 40% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 40% | YOU | 3 | Object of affection in 17-, 25-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 40% | SSS | 3 | Reptilian warning found in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across |
| 40% | THERATPACK | 10 | Group with members hidden in 17-, 24- and 46-Across |
| 39% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 39% | FINDTHELOSTDOGS | 15 | Instruction for 17-, 23-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 37% | TYPE | 4 | Synonym for "class" found in the middle of 21- and 54-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 37% | KICKSTARTER | 11 | Crowdfunding site ... or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 37% | NOWAY | 5 | "Forget it!" ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 46- and 62-Across |
| 36% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 36% | SOUNDBITES | 10 | Broadcast news snippets ... or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? |
| 36% | COUNT | 5 | With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer) |
| 35% | LATEBLOOMER | 11 | One who catches up eventually ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 35% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 33% | RTS | 3 | Football linemen, for short, caught in 17-, 28-, 47- and 63-Across? |
| 33% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | 17-Across and 30-Across country singer who was named ACM's Artist of the Decade for the 2010s (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LINE | 4 | Synonym of the last parts of 17- and 66-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 32% | MIXEDBAGS | 9 | Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across? |
| 32% | THEYCANBESPIKED | 15 | What 18-, 23-, 52- and 61-Across have in common |
| 32% | FINGERFOODS | 11 | 17-, 30- and 45-Across, literally and figuratively |
| 32% | VALLEYFORGE | 11 | Pennsylvania encampment for 61 Across and his troops |
| 32% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great profiled in ESPN's 30 for 30 special "Arthur and Johnnie" |
| 32% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great profiled in ESPN's "30 for 30" film "Arthur and Johnnie" |
| 32% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OREO | 4 | It's "sandwiched" in 17-, 23-, 35-, 45- and 56-Across |
| 32% | ANTS | 4 | Tiny critters found twice each in 17-, 38- and 60-Across |
| 32% | STATE | 5 | ___ of matter (something indirectly referenced in 17-, 38- and 62-Across) |