| 100% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 47% | GROUP | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 20- and 48-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 47% | EMPTY | 5 | Word that can precede the last parts of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 47% | PRETZEL | 7 | Snack item with shapes at the last parts of 20- and 50-Across and 3- and 29-Down |
| 46% | LIMIT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down |
| 46% | SHORT | 5 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 65-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 46% | TRAIL | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 52-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 46% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 45% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 44% | DESIGNATED | 10 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 42% | FIRESTARTER | 11 | BBQ chef's accessory (or what the last part of 20-Across or 2- or 31-Down can be) |
| 42% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument with parts that share the last names of 17-Across, 10-Down and 27-Down |
| 42% | LINE | 4 | Synonym of the last parts of 17- and 66-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 41% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Estimates, and what the last parts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across are, in different ways |
| 40% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 40% | SHOES | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 40% | STOPTHE | 7 | Words that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | COUNT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 40% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 40% | GARDEN | 6 | Word that can precede the first parts of 20- and 59-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 40% | CARDS | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 40% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 40% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair problem ... which can describe the last parts of 9 and 11 Across |
| 40% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 40% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 40% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 40% | LIST | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 40% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 40% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |