| 100% | DECENTWINECHEAP | 15 | What 52 Across said he could get in San Francisco and nowhere else |
| 30% | DIVINGBIRD | 10 | Avian that plunges for prey, or what can be found in 14-, 28-, 52-, and 60-Across |
| 29% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 29% | FLY | 3 | Cool, in dated slang, and what can follow the ends of 20-, 25-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 29% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 29% | FOG | 3 | Common weather condition in San Francisco and London |
| 28% | GAYBORHOODS | 11 | The Castro in San Francisco and Chelsea in Manhattan |
| 28% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco team that 14-Across played for in 2009 and 2010 |
| 27% | ERNIE | 5 | He said "I can't hear you, Bert, I've got a banana in my ear" |
| 27% | THEYCANBESPIKED | 15 | What 18-, 23-, 52- and 61-Across have in common |
| 27% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 26% | SEVENCONSONANTS | 15 | What can be found consecutively in 17-, 23-, 40-, and 50-Across |
| 26% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 26% | DARKCIRCLES | 11 | Signs of fatigue, and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 35-, and 52-Across |
| 26% | HEADSTART | 9 | What each word in 18-, 20-, 34- and 51-Across could be considered |
| 26% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | AFAR | 4 | Award-winning magazine HQed in San Francisco and launched in 2009 that focuses on experiential travel |
| 25% | THELAST | 7 | What shall be first ... or words that can precede 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across |
| 25% | THATSNOTATHING | 14 | Snide dismissal, and what can be said about 20-, 33-, and 42-Across? |
| 25% | NASHBRIDGES | 11 | Police procedural set in San Francisco starring 13-Across and 25-Across that began its six-year run in 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | PUTTHESQUEEZEON | 15 | Coerce, or what can be done to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 58-Across |
| 25% | DOESNTHAVEACLUE | 15 | Is completely unaware, or what can be said about 17-, 26-, and 47-Across |
| 25% | GETTOGETHER | 11 | Informal meeting, and what can be found in 17-, 26-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 25% | ATAD | 4 | How far Lloyd said he backtracked in "Dumb and Dumber" |
| 25% | STS | 3 | Francisco and California, in San Francisco: Abbr. |
| 25% | ALIE | 4 | What you could get caught in |
| 25% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 25% | STARTOFPLAY | 11 | Opening kickoff, say, and what both parts of 17-, 30- and 47-Across can be |
| 25% | FLATS | 5 | Road trip troubles ... and what can be found in 17-, 24-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 25% | COUNTTHESQUARES | 15 | How to find out what "this many" is in 17-, 21-, 52- and 57-Across |