| 100% | HERBS | 5 | Things hidden in 17-. 23-, 49- and 57-Across |
| 57% | TEAR | 4 | Shed thing hidden in 16-, 25-, 39-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 56% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 54% | ITCOUPLE | 8 | Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 53% | TOSSEDSALAD | 11 | Common first course ... or what's literally contained in 17-, 23-, 32-, 44- and 49-Across? |
| 47% | THERATPACK | 10 | Group with members hidden in 17-, 24- and 46-Across |
| 46% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 46% | GREEK | 5 | Kind of letters hidden in 17-, 26-, 36-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 46% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 46% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 46% | NORSEGODS | 9 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 46% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 46% | OREO | 4 | It's "sandwiched" in 17-, 23-, 35-, 45- and 56-Across |
| 45% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 44% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 44% | ONEPLUSONE | 10 | Basic math operation found in 17-, 23-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 43% | MAKELEMONADE | 12 | What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 43% | NOTHING | 7 | There is ___ hidden in 16-, 22-, 46- and 57-Across...or is there? |
| 43% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 43% | AUPAIR | 6 | Live-in help, and what's contained in 17-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 43% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 43% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 42% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 42% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 42% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 42% | BEATBOXING | 10 | Percussive activity you can imitate by reading the starts of 17-, 23-, 37-, and 49-Across in a loop |
| 42% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 42% | MIDDLESEAT | 10 | Cramped spot for a plane passenger ... or a hint to something hidden in 17-, 26-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across |
| 41% | JULEP | 5 | Libation made from the beginnings of 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across |
| 41% | ATTACHE | 7 | Embassy staffer ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 59-Across? |