| 100% | YAM | 3 | Thanksgiving side dish found in the longest Across answers |
| 63% | TOE | 3 | Stocking stuffer found in the long Across answers |
| 58% | SKI | 3 | Downhill runner found in the four longest Across answers |
| 58% | POLL | 4 | Voting process found in the four longest Across answers |
| 58% | CRATE | 5 | Boxing container found in the four longest Across answers |
| 58% | TALC | 4 | Soft rock found in the eight longest Across answers |
| 58% | OSCAR | 5 | Golden boy found in the four long Across answers |
| 56% | TOM | 3 | Turkey found in the four longest Across answers |
| 55% | BAT | 3 | Fly-by-night creature found in the four longest Across answers |
| 54% | POL | 3 | Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers |
| 52% | ABCDF | 5 | Tripled letters in the longest Across answers |
| 49% | SPREADTHIN | 10 | What's found in the other eight longest answers |
| 48% | FARMFEMALES | 11 | They can be found in six long Across answers |
| 48% | CPAS | 4 | Summers found in the four longest answers |
| 48% | INFO | 4 | "Tips" found in the five longest answers |
| 46% | ETTU | 4 | Words of disbelief found in the four longest Across entries |
| 45% | BENTOUTOFSHAPE | 14 | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| 44% | HIDDENTAX | 9 | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 43% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 42% | EIEIO | 5 | What the seven longest Across answers have in common |
| 41% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 41% | DODO | 4 | What the longest Across answers all contain |
| 41% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | HIDDENGEMS | 10 | What the long Across answers with circles have |
| 40% | EVE | 3 | Day before that's found in the starred answers |
| 40% | TWENTYANDITSMULTIPLES | 21 | What four of the longest Across answers include (almost) |
| 40% | TIME | 4 | Word that can be ''framed'' by the longest Across answers |
| 40% | CALM | 4 | Inner peace, incorporated in the four longest Across answers |
| 39% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 39% | TORN | 4 | __ apart (what's found ''across'' the four longest answers) |