| 100% | LABCOAT | 7 | Wear for a chemist, or for a canine, as shown by the starts of 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across |
| 49% | LGBTQ | 5 | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 46% | WELCOMETOMYCRIB | 15 | Catchphrase of a classic MTV show … or a hint for the starts of 16-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across |
| 45% | HOPTOIT | 7 | "Get going!," and a hint for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 45% | WORDSWITHFRIENDS | 16 | Popular app ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24- and 49-Across |
| 45% | PIECEOFCAKE | 11 | Easy-peasy ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 44% | CUETHEMUSIC | 11 | Instruction to start playing ... or a hint to the end of 18-, 24-, 49- and 56-Across |
| 43% | HIJACKS | 7 | Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? |
| 42% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 42% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 42% | THANKSGIVINGDAY | 15 | Setting for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 41% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 41% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 41% | WHATISLOVE | 10 | 1993 dance hit, and a musical question answered by the starts of 18-, 29-, and 48-Across? |
| 41% | GHOST | 5 | Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across |
| 41% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Channel for the character named by the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 59-Across |
| 41% | MOON | 4 | It has phases that are represented by the starts of 18-, 29-, 47- and 61-Across ... and by 1-Down |
| 40% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 40% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 40% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | PIDAY | 5 | Mid-March celebration ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 25-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 40% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- or 61-Across |
| 40% | DATINGAPP | 9 | Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common |
| 40% | BEACHFRONT | 10 | Property along the ocean ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across |
| 40% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 39% | FOURINHAND | 10 | Popular necktie knot ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 33- and 51-Across |
| 39% | CHILDSTOYS | 10 | Bearers of a phrase suggested by saying the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 39% | CARBONOFFSET | 12 | Purported counterbalance for greenhouse-gas emissions . . . or a description of the wordplay in 18-, 27-, 39-, and 51-Across |
| 39% | GROWTHAREA | 10 | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 39% | APPEALING | 9 | Winsome ... or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster? |