| 100% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 45% | LEAGUELEADERS | 13 | Many championship-bound teams, or what the starts of 17-, 20-, 58-, and 64-Across are |
| 45% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 45% | NOWINSITUATIONS | 15 | Tough spots to be in … or what 17-, 20-, 38- and 53-Across represent? |
| 45% | SAFESPACES | 10 | Bias-free environments, or what 20-Across and 27- and 35-Down are |
| 43% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| 41% | ANIMALSHELTER | 13 | Place to adopt a new pet, or what is found in 17-, 24-, 49-, and 59-Across? |
| 41% | MIDDLENAME | 10 | What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 41% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 41% | TWOHANDS | 8 | Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 41% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 40% | DARKCIRCLES | 11 | Signs of fatigue, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 35-, and 52-Across |
| 40% | MIXEDRESULTS | 12 | Unclear outcome ... or what can be found literally in 20-, 29- and 47-Across |
| 40% | FINALFAREWELL | 13 | Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across |
| 40% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 40% | MAGAZINEREADERS | 15 | What 17-, 20-, 56- and 60-Across are? |
| 39% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 39% | AFTERLIFE | 9 | The great beyond ... or where each word in 17-, 24-, 35- and 45-Across might be found? |
| 39% | COUNTRIES | 9 | Sovereign lands ... or what are hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 39% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 39% | SPOTOFTEA | 9 | 4 p.m. British refreshment ... or what can be found in 18-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across and 3-Down? |
| 39% | REVERSINGCOURSE | 15 | Backtracking ... or what 17-, 27- and 46-Across are doing? |
| 38% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | FITTINGENDING | 13 | Satisfying close ... or what 20- and 55-Across have in common? |
| 38% | THESHIFTKEY | 11 | What is being held in 17-, 32-, 38- and 45-Across |
| 38% | MAKEASCENE | 10 | Be disruptive, or what you can do with the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 38% | DATES | 5 | Calendar units hidden in 20- and 61-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 38% | FOURLETTERWORDS | 15 | Curses ... or what 18-, 20-, 26-, 48-, 57- and 63-Across are, literally? |
| 37% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 37% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |