| 100% | WAIST | 5 | The "24" in 36-24-36 |
| 83% | BROADWAY | 8 | Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights |
| 79% | HRS | 3 | The 24 in 24/7 (Abbr.) |
| 78% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be |
| 77% | STATE | 5 | The "S" in 36-Across |
| 74% | HRS | 3 | The "24" in 24/7 (Abbr.) |
| 73% | TRI | 3 | The first "T" in 36-Down |
| 72% | SATURDAY | 8 | The 24-hour period mentioned in SNL |
| 72% | KARAT | 5 | The "k" in 24-k. |
| 71% | ECHO | 4 | Sonic effect in the 24-Down |
| 70% | DROPTHETHE | 10 | Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 69% | RIB | 3 | One of 24 in the human body |
| 69% | RIB | 3 | One of 24 in the human skeleton |
| 69% | DELAY | 5 | Slow down the Spanish in 24 hours |
| 69% | HALF | 4 | 24 minutes, in the NBA |
| 69% | NOCHEBUENA | 10 | The evening of December 24, in the Spanish-speaking world |
| 68% | FORTYNINER | 10 | 36-Across, in the Old West |
| 65% | OGDEN | 5 | Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 65% | START | 5 | All the clues in this puzzle do this with 36-Across |
| 64% | AGES | 4 | With 36-Across, in the distant past |
| 64% | SONGANDDANCEMEN | 15 | Occupations of 24-Across in the film |
| 64% | ELS | 3 | 24 mile long river and tributary of the Streu in the Rhon Mountains, Bavaria |
| 63% | RUG | 3 | Cloth that may be laid in the scene depicted in 36-Across |
| 63% | FOODFIGHT | 9 | Cafeteria combat epitomized by the actions in 17-, 36-, and 42-Across? |
| 63% | MOLLYBLOOM | 10 | She has the last word in 24-Down |
| 62% | VOLLEYBALL | 10 | Sport hinted at by the ends of 17-, 24-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 61% | CHINESE | 7 | With 27- and 36-Across, object that floated over the US in early 2023 |
| 61% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 61% | BELLASWAN | 9 | 24-/37-Across's role in the "Twilight" saga films: 2 wds. |
| 60% | THEWEIGHT | 9 | Song by The Band featured in the Monument Valley scene in 36-Across (2 wds.) |