| 100% | SNOOZEBUTTON | 12 | What a late sleeper may use ... resulting in 19-, 31- and 40-Across? |
| 38% | HOPELESSCAUSE | 13 | What a last true believer might believe in |
| 37% | ELMERSGLUE | 10 | What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together |
| 37% | FRAMEWORK | 9 | Basic structure, or what a 19-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across do? |
| 37% | ONESHOT | 7 | What a foul might result in |
| 36% | LANCE | 5 | What a mail carrier might use in self-defense? |
| 36% | TKO | 3 | What a punch may result in, briefly |
| 36% | SUGARRUSH | 9 | What a whole lot of kisses might result in |
| 36% | PURSE | 5 | What a woman might carry money and makeup in |
| 35% | HIGHSALARY | 10 | What a big raise might result in |
| 35% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 34% | SALE | 4 | What may result in a handshake |
| 34% | ATM | 3 | What a short person in a store might have to use, for short |
| 33% | NOTONMYWATCH | 12 | "I forbid this" … or what a smart device wearer might claim regarding the ends of 20-, 30-, 40- and 48-Across? |
| 32% | MELT | 4 | What a 40-Across produces in the summer |
| 32% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | METAL | 5 | What a detector may detect, and what you may have detected in 24a, 36a, 48a, 3d, 50d, and 61d |
| 32% | ART | 3 | What a creative person might make, and a word hidden in 17a, 30a, 43a, 11d, 29d, 39d |
| 31% | DROPPINGBY | 10 | Visiting, and a hint to what we're doing in five Across answers |
| 31% | HALF | 4 | With 38- and 40-Across, grocery purchase ... or what can be found in some other Across answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | HRS | 3 | Personnel depts., and what the personnel in 20-, 31-, 40- and 50-Across have in common |
| 31% | HAND | 4 | What's used in a high five ... and a word used with 38a to signify 50a |
| 31% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 31% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 31% | LOG | 3 | What a sound sleeper might be compared to |
| 31% | HAUNTEDHOUSE | 12 | Halloween attraction, or what 19-, 27-/32-, and 42-Across all might be a part of? |
| 31% | INSIDEVOICE | 11 | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| 31% | TRA | 3 | What a lazy lyricist might use |
| 31% | QUICKTURNAROUND | 15 | What a tight deadline might require … or what's found in 30-Across? |
| 30% | GIANTBILL | 9 | What overuse of a credit card might result in? |