| 100% | CHIPS | 5 | Things that 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across may have |
| 48% | ROAD | 4 | Thing that may have twists and turns |
| 48% | PLOT | 4 | Thing that may have twists and turns |
| 43% | TREE | 4 | Thing "hugged" by 18- and 60-Across and 4- and 27-Down |
| 40% | CAPS | 4 | Things that bottles and snow-covered mountains have |
| 40% | TREES | 5 | Things that parks and families have |
| 40% | FRATS | 5 | Things that might have nu beginnings? |
| 40% | STONE | 5 | Thing that may "skip" across water |
| 40% | METER | 5 | Thing that might have a needle |
| 39% | COLORCOMBOS | 11 | Primary mixes that affect 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 39% | AISLES | 6 | Things that may have to be cleared |
| 39% | POLES | 5 | Things that magnets and barbershops both have |
| 39% | NOSES | 5 | Things that might sense danger and scams |
| 39% | WOWFACTOR | 9 | Pizazz ... or what 18-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across each has? |
| 38% | MOP | 3 | Cleaning tool that's hiding in 18-, 33-, and 46-Across |
| 38% | POTSHERDS | 9 | Ruins things that may have been hidden? |
| 38% | EYES | 4 | What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have |
| 38% | TECHSTARTUP | 11 | New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has? |
| 38% | MATHEXAMS | 9 | Things that might have kids going off on a tangent? |
| 36% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Company that produced the movies in the first parts of 18-, 26- and 46-Across |
| 35% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure seen in the answers to 18, 29, 46, and 60 Across |
| 35% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument that has between 18 and 21 strings |
| 35% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 35% | SWAN | 4 | With 36-Across, Tchaikovsky ballet that was a highlight of 18- and 46-Across's long professional partnership |
| 35% | THEKILLERS | 10 | 18-Across and 31-Across rock band that has been nominated for seven Grammys since 2005 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ARBORS | 6 | Places that may have beeches and benches |
| 35% | POEM | 4 | Something that might have rhyme and meter |
| 35% | ANTTRAP | 7 | Contraption that might have honey and borax |
| 35% | CAESARSALAD | 11 | Dish that might have croutons and anchovies |
| 35% | RAG | 3 | Cloth that might have stains and holes |