| 100% | TWISTEDMIND | 11 | Trait for an evil genius ... and a hint to what can literally be found in 17-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 50% | DATABACKUP | 10 | System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 46% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 44% | PARTWO | 6 | Common miniature golf goal ... or a hint to what's found in 17-, 39- and 60-Across |
| 44% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 44% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 43% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 43% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 42% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 42% | SHIPWRECKS | 10 | Sea disasters, and a hint to what's literally hidden in 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 41% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 40% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 40% | ESSAYCOLLECTION | 15 | Anthology of personal writings ... and a phonetic hint to what is literally comprised by the answers of 17-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 40% | LIDOSHUFFLE | 11 | Boz Scaggs hit with the lyric "One more for the road," and what can be found in 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across? |
| 40% | CRYPTICCLUE | 11 | Hint in a specialty crossword, and, literally, what's found in 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across |
| 40% | SPREADSHEET | 11 | Table with columns, and what literally can be found in 17-, 27- and 43-Across |
| 40% | RUNAROUND | 9 | Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | Actor's stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across |
| 39% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Classic hairstyle ... or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 38% | REVERSEENGINEER | 15 | Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across |
| 38% | SOCIALDISTANCING | 16 | Strategy for combatting a pandemic ... or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 31-, 49-, and 55-Across? |
| 38% | PARADOX | 7 | Logical contradiction ... or an aural hint to what are found in 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 38% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 38% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
| 38% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 38% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | "Star Wars" droid ... or a phonetic hint to what's found in 17-, 26-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 38% | GETTOGETHER | 11 | Informal meeting, and what can be found in 17-, 26-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 38% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 38% | LEADERBOARD | 11 | List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called? |
| 38% | ADDTOCART | 9 | Message clicked on by an online buyer ... or a hint for 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |