| 100% | TONIGHTSHOWHOST | 15 | TV personality hidden in the answers to 16-, 22-, 32-, 41- and 47-Across |
| 42% | MIRROR | 6 | Item literally useful in reading the answers to 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 40% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure seen in the answers to 18, 29, 46, and 60 Across |
| 40% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | What's found on some canapés (and hiding in the answers to 20-, 31-, 38- and 49-Across?) |
| 38% | HERESJOHNNY | 11 | Classic TV intro ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 22-, 30-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 38% | RELOCATIONS | 11 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? |
| 37% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 37% | OSLO | 4 | City hidden in the answer to 1-Down |
| 36% | COINFLIPS | 9 | Starts of some games ... and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48 and 56-Across? |
| 36% | INNERTUBE | 9 | Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have |
| 36% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 36% | GEM | 3 | There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | FOLLOW | 6 | Word missing from the answers to 17-, 23-, 29-, 40-, 47- and 62-Across |
| 36% | THEMEANINGOFLIFE | 16 | Profound philosophical subject, as defined by the answers to 21-, 32-, and 42-Across? |
| 36% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 35% | SAILS | 5 | Travels over what's hidden in the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 35% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 35% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 35% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 35% | COUNTRIES | 9 | Sovereign lands ... or what are hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 35% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 35% | BROADWAY | 8 | Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights |
| 35% | FEDEX | 5 | Letter carrier that literally distributed letters to 16-, 22-, 36-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 34% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 34% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Iconic August 1969 music festival, four of whose performers appear in the answers to 17-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across |
| 34% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | NOTHING | 7 | There is ___ hidden in 16-, 22-, 46- and 57-Across...or is there? |
| 33% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 33% | ITS | 3 | The "I" in the answer to 1-Across |