| 100% | TAKEASHOT | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 46-Across are always willing to do |
| 62% | BIGWHEELS | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak |
| 60% | REVERSINGCOURSE | 15 | Backtracking ... or what 17-, 27- and 46-Across are doing? |
| 54% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 53% | WORKERSINAISLES | 15 | What 17-, 28- and 43-Across all are |
| 51% | BATONWIELDERS | 13 | What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are |
| 51% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 47% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 47% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 46% | ROLLWITHIT | 10 | Be willing to accept whatever ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 46% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 45% | LETSPUTAPININIT | 15 | Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across |
| 45% | MIDDLENAME | 10 | What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 45% | SEE | 3 | With 46-Across, be angry ... or what you can do inside the answers to the six starred clues |
| 44% | DOUBLEPLAYCOMBO | 15 | What 17-, 25- and 43-Across were, famously |
| 43% | SITONIT | 7 | Hold in abeyance, and what you can do to the ends of 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 43% | OUTSIDESHOTS | 12 | What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are |
| 43% | OHGEEZ | 6 | "Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 42% | MIXEDDRINKS | 11 | What 17-, 28-, 40- and 55-Across literally contain |
| 42% | GOOD | 4 | With 37-Down, what 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across are all said to bring |
| 42% | CLEARTHETABLE | 13 | What people are likely to do in response to 20-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 42% | CAPANDGOWN | 10 | Graduation garb ... or what the compound answers to 17-, 28- and 44-Across represent? |
| 42% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 42% | ROBERTFROSTPOEM | 15 | What 17- and 39-Across is |
| 41% | EXCHANGE | 8 | What 17- and 59-Across once did, part 1 |
| 41% | LATINLOVERS | 11 | What 17- and 52-Across and 11-Down all were |
| 41% | THEDEADMANSHAND | 15 | What 17-, 26-, 46- and 57-Across's beginnings represent |
| 41% | BACKTOBACKGAMES | 15 | Doubleheader ... or what 17-, 29- and 48-Across are? |
| 41% | DROPPINGBY | 10 | Visiting, and a hint to what we're doing in five Across answers |
| 40% | BUILDANAIRPLANE | 15 | You're television's Angus MacGyver. You're being held hostage at the top floor of a construction site in a room with a 17-Across, some 32-Across, and a few 41-Across. What do you do to escape? |