| 100% | CHOOSE | 6 | To select from a number of items or options |
| 41% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | SCULPT | 6 | To build a piece of art from stone or clay |
| 41% | TWO | 3 | Number of items in a pair |
| 41% | THREE | 5 | Number of items in a trio |
| 40% | OPT | 3 | Select from a range of possibilities |
| 40% | OPTS | 4 | Selects from a range of things |
| 40% | SUGGEST | 7 | Offer hints on what to select from a menu |
| 40% | YOUREFIRED | 10 | Dreaded cry from a boss ... or a hint to the ends of 18-, 23-, 40- and 53-Across |
| 40% | LIST | 4 | A number of connected items written consecutively |
| 40% | TEN | 3 | Number of items in a David Letterman list |
| 39% | RATE | 4 | Assign a number of stars to |
| 39% | SEPTPIECES | 10 | A number of stage items in a French play? |
| 39% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous request from a teacher ... or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across |
| 39% | REAM | 4 | A number of sheets of paper, equal to 20 quires |
| 38% | FOOTFALL | 8 | Number of visitors to a shop |
| 38% | CLASSSIZE | 9 | Number of concern to a teacher |
| 38% | CROWDFUND | 9 | Raise money from a large number of people on the Internet, and a word added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2014 |
| 38% | ACHIP | 5 | Item you might throw on a roulette table or something that it's absolutely impossible to eat just one of |
| 38% | TYPE | 4 | A kind of item, or a genre of music |
| 38% | YOULLPAYFORTHIS | 15 | Cry from someone seeking revenge … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of options in a coin toss |
| 37% | AGENDA | 6 | List of items or issues dealt with in a meeting |
| 37% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to use a seesaw |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to work a seesaw |
| 37% | STAT | 4 | Number of use to a sportscaster, for short |
| 37% | NOID | 4 | Reason to be barred from a bar ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 37% | FOOTFALL | 8 | Number of people entering a shop or a business |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | Number of people needed to use a teeter-totter |