| 100% | TBA | 3 | Timetable abbr. hidden in 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 61% | STATE | 5 | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 60% | DATES | 5 | Calendar units hidden in 20- and 61-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 59% | LATINI | 6 | Where 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down might be used |
| 57% | TRAIL | 5 | A "mix" of this word straddles the two words in 17- and 57-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 57% | STOPTHE | 7 | Words that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 50% | SOFTG | 5 | Sound heard in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 50% | NOTESOFTHESCALE | 15 | Features found in 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 50% | AUTOMOBILES | 11 | They're hidden in 17-, 25-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 50% | DNA | 3 | Molecule hidden in 4-, 11-, 23-, 25- and 29-Down |
| 49% | CAR | 3 | There's one garaged in 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 49% | NAMES | 5 | Starts of 17- and 55-Across, and 11- and 29-Down, impolitely |
| 49% | AEIOU | 5 | They're found once each in 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
| 49% | CAPITAL | 7 | Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 49% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 48% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |
| 48% | SHELL | 5 | Thimblerig object (and a link to 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 29-Down) |
| 47% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | Director's cry ... or a statement about 17-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | ANAGRAM | 7 | 17-Across or 11- or 29-Down, to 61-Across |
| 47% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 47% | ALLWISE | 7 | Like King Solomon ... or an oral hint to 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | HUMAN | 5 | Word that can precede the first word of 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | LICENSE | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 47% | COAT | 4 | What 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 33-Down are each "bundled up" in |
| 46% | HAND | 4 | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 46% | FIRSTMATES | 10 | Title of this puzzle, in reference to 17- and 39-Across and 11- and 26-Down |
| 46% | RELIGIOUSLEADER | 15 | Minister or imam, say ... and, in two ways, a hint to words hidden in 17-, 29- and 38-Across |
| 46% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 45% | FALSESTARTS | 11 | What 17-Across, 11 and 35-Down all have in common |