| 100% | MIDDLEAGES | 10 | Time appropriate for 17-, 26- and 44-Across? |
| 54% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Order appropriate for 20-, 28- and 44-Across? |
| 50% | OZONE | 5 | Another name for O3 (as appropriate to 17-, 25-, 44- and 58-Across?) |
| 48% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 48% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 47% | ARSMAGNA | 8 | 1545 treatise whose rearranged letters aptly suggest 17-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 46% | THREEON | 7 | Bases loaded ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 26-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 46% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? |
| 45% | THEBEEGEES | 10 | Trio whose members start 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 45% | AFTERSCHOOL | 11 | Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across |
| 45% | BANG | 4 | Sound suggested by the first letters of the words in 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 43% | ITSNOTFAIR | 10 | Petulant cry, and what might be said about 17-, 26-, or 44-Across? |
| 43% | ROBERTFROST | 11 | 17-Across and 26-Across writer who is the only person to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry (2 wds.) |
| 42% | EAGLE | 5 | Clue for 17-, 25-, 43- and 55-Across |
| 42% | THINGSTHATSWING | 15 | Category for 17-, 31-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 42% | FINDTHELOSTDOGS | 15 | Instruction for 17-, 23-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 41% | DOLLARBILL | 10 | Its back features the last parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 41% | POINTOFNORETURN | 15 | Punny description for 17-, 26- or 48-Across |
| 40% | MLB | 3 | League for 17-, 29-, and 37-Across: Abbr. |
| 40% | THEUK | 5 | What 15-, 16-, 26-, and 34-/44-Across make up together, for short: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ENTOMBMENTS | 11 | Burials for pharaohs, and a hint to 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 40% | FOODCOURT | 9 | Legal setting for 17-, 25-, 45- and 53-Across? |
| 40% | MYFRIENDIRMA | 12 | 1949 comedy film starring 17-Across and 39-Across together for the first time (3 wds.) |
| 39% | LONELYTONIGHT | 13 | 2014 hit song for 17- and 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MIXEDNUTS | 9 | What 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52-Across contain |
| 39% | CRAIGSLIST | 10 | Website where you can do the first parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 38% | SNAP | 4 | Clue for 17- and 63-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 38% | COLEPORTER | 10 | American composer known for 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SPOONERISM | 10 | Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 38% | LENDMEYOUREARS | 14 | Shakespearean entreaty appropriate for 19-, 25- and 43-Across? |