| 100% | SACK | 4 | To pillage and destroy a place, or a way to "plunder" (rhymes with "back") |
| 60% | LOOT | 4 | To raid and take valuables, or a way to "plunder" (rhymes with "boot") |
| 56% | ROB | 3 | To forcibly take from someone, or a way to "plunder" (rhymes with "sob") |
| 48% | FULL | 4 | With 66-Across, back to the beginning ... or a description of 21- and 48-Down? |
| 45% | ROLL | 4 | With 44- and 76-Across, way to put legislators on record ... or the start, middle and end of a word ladder |
| 43% | PUB | 3 | Place to get a drink and play some darts (rhymes with "tub") |
| 43% | RANSACK | 7 | To turn a place upside down in search of valuables, or a way to "plunder" |
| 43% | PLUGS | 5 | Power connectors, or a way to describe 17-, 22-, 55- and 61-Across |
| 42% | STEAL | 5 | To swipe possessions secretly, or a way to "plunder" |
| 42% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Happening place ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across? |
| 42% | SWITCHPOSITIONS | 15 | Trade places ... or a hint to parts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 42% | SPLIT | 5 | With 51-Across, nitpick ... or a hint to 17-, 37- and 60-Across |
| 41% | GALL | 4 | To annoy or irritate a person; rhymes with ball |
| 41% | ROUNDTRIP | 9 | Journey to a place and back again |
| 41% | ROUNDTRIP | 9 | Going to visit a place and coming back |
| 41% | THERESNOTWO | 11 | With 64-Across, words of certainty ... or a hint to 23-, 40- and 56-Across |
| 41% | FLYING | 6 | With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across |
| 41% | ITSMEAGAIN | 10 | "I'm back!" … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| 40% | WELL | 4 | Place to make a wish or draw water with a bucket |
| 40% | LALA | 4 | With 58-Down, head-in-the-clouds place ... or a hint to each answer that has four circles |
| 40% | GOLDENSLUMBERS | 14 | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| 40% | ARTCENTER | 9 | Place with a gallery, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | STARTUP | 7 | With 40-Across, money required to open a business ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 40% | HIVE | 4 | With 58-Across, collective consciousness ... or a hint to the ends of 19-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 40% | SWAG | 4 | Slang for booty or goods taken by theft, or a way to "plunder" |
| 39% | FINISH | 6 | With 44-Down, go out with a bang ... or a hint to 16-, 21-, 29-, 34-, 46- and 54-Across |
| 39% | MIDDLE | 6 | With 44-Down, educational stage ... or a hint to the contents of 18-, 22-, 47- and 53-Across |
| 39% | MAIL | 4 | With 37-Across, perform perfunctorily … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 39% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
| 39% | TOP | 3 | With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across |