| 100% | SUPERHORSE | 10 | Time and Newsweek's cover description of 64-Across |
| 45% | SECRETARIAT | 11 | 95-Across who made the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated in the same week |
| 43% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 41% | BONEYM | 6 | "Rasputin" band... or a description of 6 and 14 Across? |
| 39% | PARTEDCOMPANY | 13 | Description of 6- and 109-Across |
| 39% | SEPARATEDCOUPLES | 16 | Description of 51- and 94-Across |
| 39% | SPLITLEVELS | 11 | Description of 10- and 111-Across |
| 39% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Description of 25- and 26-Across |
| 39% | NINETEENFIFTIES | 15 | Time of 64-Across |
| 39% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 39% | CLEFTPALATE | 11 | Description of 82-Down and 27-Across |
| 39% | DIVIDEDLOYALTIES | 16 | Description of 120-Across and 40-Down |
| 38% | THEPILL | 7 | Medical subject of Time magazine covers of 1967 and 2010 |
| 38% | STRAIGHTFLUSH | 13 | Combination of 64- and 74-Across |
| 36% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Description of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across, in different senses? |
| 36% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Assortment ... or a description of 32-, 39- and 42-Across? |
| 35% | PRMEN | 5 | Promoters ... or a description of 17-, 23-, 46- and 57-Across? |
| 35% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Commonplace utterance ... or a description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? |
| 35% | PLAYSWITHFIRE | 13 | Tempts fate . . . or a description of 19-, 22-, and 39-Across |
| 35% | STUD | 4 | Apt description of 18-Across, 32-Across, and 44-Across |
| 35% | BED | 3 | With 66-Across, cover of sorts, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 35% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 35% | NOSEJOBS | 8 | Rhinoplasties, or an apt description of 16-, 25-, 37-, and 53-Across? |
| 35% | TOTALLYRIPPED | 13 | Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across |
| 34% | OBAMA | 5 | Time's Person of the Year for 2008 and 2012 |
| 34% | DENG | 4 | Time's Man of the Year for 1978 and 1985 |
| 34% | CHOPPEDSALADS | 13 | Description of 113- and 39-Down |
| 34% | ELEGANT | 7 | Description of grace and good taste |
| 34% | UNITEDARTISTS | 13 | Classic film company ... or a description of 17-, 32-, 46- and 65-Across? |