| 100% | COPPERHEAD | 10 | Venomous snake (and what 16-Across and 10- and 26-Down have two of) |
| 48% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow each half of 16- and 53-Across and 10- and 26-Down |
| 46% | BAR | 3 | It can precede the starts of 16-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across and 10- and 33-Down |
| 41% | SILENTK | 7 | Attribute of 16- and 57-Across and 10- and 28-Down |
| 41% | DADS | 4 | What Zachary Furnish-John and Elijah Furnish-John have two of |
| 41% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 40% | LIGHTNING | 9 | What the ends of 16-, 26- and 42-Across mean in Hebrew, French and German, respectively |
| 40% | INDEPENDENCEDAY | 15 | What 20- and 52-Across and 10- and 44-Down celebrate every first week of July |
| 40% | PINHEADS | 8 | Tops of sewing fasteners ... and what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 51-Across can have |
| 39% | SCALE | 5 | What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
| 39% | PACKSAPUNCH | 11 | Has a powerful effect, or what each of 17-, 26-, 38- and 49-Across does, literally |
| 39% | FALSE | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 16- and 59-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
| 39% | LIMIT | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down |
| 39% | TRAIL | 5 | Word that can follow the last parts of 16- and 52-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 39% | BALLOON | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 32-Down |
| 39% | DIAMOND | 7 | Gem that may precede the first parts of 16- and 62-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 39% | MONOPOLY | 8 | Game whose tokens have included the starts of 16-, 20-, 26-, 49- and 55-Across |
| 37% | BIGFINISH | 9 | Concert crescendo, and what 16-, 24-, 49- and 59-Across all have |
| 37% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| 37% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 37% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | Arabian Peninsula region, and what 16-, 20-, 36- and 50-Across literally have |
| 36% | WORD | 4 | ___ ladder (puzzle type seen at 9 Across, 10 Across, 19 Across, 20 Across, and 16 Down) |
| 36% | BABY | 4 | Word before the starts of 16-, 36- and 58-Across and 10-, 14- and 33-Down |
| 36% | PINKTHINGS | 10 | What 17-Across and 10- and 24-Down all conceal |
| 36% | ENS | 3 | What a banner has two of |
| 36% | ESSES | 5 | What this clue has two of |
| 36% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | Very close race, and what 17-, 26- and 41-Across have in common |
| 35% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 35% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Trial run for a new restaurant, and what 16-, 25-, 34- and 51-Across all have |
| 35% | THEYCANBEROLLED | 15 | What 17-, 26-, 50- and 60-Across have in common |