| 100% | WALKEDONTHEMOON | 15 | What 20- and 50-Across did on July 20, 1969 |
| 55% | TOUCH | 5 | With 28 Across, get offline ... and what 13 and 20 Across do? |
| 52% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 48% | JAM | 3 | What 20-, 37- and 53-Across may do |
| 47% | ALTERNATE | 9 | What black and white squares do on a chessboard |
| 46% | MOON | 4 | Celestial body visited on July 20, 1969 |
| 46% | INDEPENDENCEDAY | 15 | What 20- and 52-Across and 10- and 44-Down celebrate every first week of July |
| 46% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 46% | GETTHEPICTURE | 13 | Comprehend ... or what 20-, 29- and 47-Across do, finally |
| 46% | THEISSUES | 9 | What 17-, 20-, 37- and 54-Across flip-flop on? |
| 46% | MOON | 4 | Where humans first walked on July 20, 1969 |
| 45% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | Arabian Peninsula region, and what 16-, 20-, 36- and 50-Across literally have |
| 45% | FALLEN | 6 | What Olympus, London, and Angel have done on film |
| 45% | CLEARTHETABLE | 13 | What people are likely to do in response to 20-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 45% | MADETHEALIST | 12 | Achieved great fame ... or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48-Across did? |
| 44% | BREAKINGSTORY | 13 | Reporter's delivery ... and what 20-, 34- and 41-Across are literally doing? |
| 44% | TRACKCHANGES | 12 | Microsoft Word feature, or what 20-, 28- and 42-Across may focus on |
| 44% | CROSSEDABEAR | 12 | Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle |
| 44% | TURNDOWNANOSCAR | 15 | What 18 and 52 Across were the only performers to do |
| 44% | AYE | 3 | Vote heard on the floor ... and at the end of 20-, 31-, 35- and 50-Across? |
| 44% | HRS | 3 | Personnel depts., and what the personnel in 20-, 31-, 40- and 50-Across have in common |
| 44% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 43% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 42% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 42% | FASHIONFORWARD | 14 | On the cutting edge of style, or what 20-, 33-, and 40-Across can be said to be? |
| 42% | PLAYWITHMYFOOD | 14 | What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44-Across? |
| 42% | IVEGOTTHESCOOP | 14 | Words from someone in the know, or what the pros in 20-, 26-, 36- and 50-Across might say |
| 42% | FOLLOWSUIT | 10 | Carry on the same way ... and what the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across do |
| 42% | MAGICIANSTRICKS | 15 | What 20- and 37-Across are |
| 41% | BORED | 5 | What they did on the Kola Peninsula for roughly 20 years |