| 100% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 49% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 40% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 40% | SOCIALDISTANCING | 16 | Strategy for combatting a pandemic ... or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 31-, 49-, and 55-Across? |
| 39% | TWISTEDMIND | 11 | Trait for an evil genius ... and a hint to what can literally be found in 17-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 38% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 38% | COLLECTORSITEMS | 15 | Things gathered by aficionados ... or what the ends of 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across can be? |
| 38% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Typical annual meeting attendee ... or what 18-, 24- and 51-Across each can be, in a way |
| 37% | TREETOPS | 8 | Canopy creators ... or what can literally be found in 6-, 10-, 24- and 34-Down |
| 37% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 37% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 37% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 37% | THATSALL | 8 | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 36% | DARKCIRCLES | 11 | Signs of fatigue, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 35-, and 52-Across |
| 36% | TWOHANDS | 8 | Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 36% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 35% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 35% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 35% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |
| 35% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 35% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 35% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | FIVEGUYS | 8 | Hamburger franchise, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 24-, 30-, 41-, and 48-Across |
| 35% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 34% | TUCKEDINBED | 11 | Put to rest, or what the answers to the clues at 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across are |
| 34% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 34% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 34% | CHANGEOFHEART | 13 | Decision reversal ... or, literally, what can be found inside 17-, 22-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 33% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 33% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |