| 100% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 100% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 76% | NORSEGODS | 9 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 56% | YOU | 3 | Object of affection in 17-, 25-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 54% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 53% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 52% | BITINGPESTS | 11 | They're hidden in 21-, 31- and 40-Across |
| 47% | THERATPACK | 10 | Group with members hidden in 17-, 24- and 46-Across |
| 46% | ESCAPEE | 7 | Fugitive who, phonetically, is "hiding" in certain letters in 17-, 21-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 45% | ZODIACSIGNS | 11 | They're hidden in 8-, 10-, 21- and 33-Down |
| 45% | HERBS | 5 | Things hidden in 17-. 23-, 49- and 57-Across |
| 44% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 44% | GREEK | 5 | Kind of letters hidden in 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 44% | SSS | 3 | Reptilian warning found in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across |
| 43% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 43% | AEIOU | 5 | They're found once each in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | They're "easy" to find in 17- and 53-Across and 3- and 24-Down |
| 42% | MIXEDBAGS | 9 | Assortments ... or what you'll find in 17-, 25-, 30-, 44- and 50-Across? |
| 42% | NEWS | 4 | Compass letters hidden in various orders in 21-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 42% | CEES | 4 | They're hard in across answers and soft in down ones |
| 42% | LONE | 4 | Synonym for "solitary" confined in 17-, 30-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 42% | TAKESAWRONGTURN | 15 | Errs - as in 17-, 27-, 42- and 52-Across? |
| 42% | BUSINESSLETTERS | 15 | Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 42% | MAKELEMONADE | 12 | What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 41% | TEAR | 4 | Shed thing hidden in 16-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 41% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 41% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 41% | DIDDLYSQUAT | 11 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? |
| 41% | THEREVIEWSAREIN | 15 | "Critics have spoken," as featured in 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 41% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Description of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across, in different senses? |