| 100% | SKY | 3 | What can precede "rocket" or "scraper" in compound words |
| 52% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 49% | INA | 3 | What can precede heartbeat or nutshell |
| 49% | MIS | 3 | What can precede giving or taking |
| 48% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 47% | IDESOF | 6 | Words which could precede the 15th day of March, May, July or October in Roman times |
| 47% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |
| 46% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| 45% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 45% | MATE | 4 | Aussie pal, or what can follow each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | HIGH | 4 | With 37-Across, leave quickly ... or what both words in 17-, 21-, 26-, 49-, 56- and 61-Across could be? |
| 43% | MINE | 4 | It can precede "craft" or "sweeper" in game names |
| 43% | BAKED | 5 | Word that can precede Alaska or potato |
| 43% | HOLY | 4 | Word that can precede water or war |
| 43% | VAPOR | 5 | Word that can precede ware or wave |
| 43% | HURT | 4 | What words can do, in an admonishment |
| 43% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 43% | USS | 3 | Abbr. that can precede nine key words in this puzzle |
| 42% | EVER | 4 | Word that can follow who, what, or when |
| 42% | LAWN | 4 | Word that can precede "mower" or "chair" |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | Word that can precede "maniac" or "centric" |
| 42% | OFF | 3 | Word that can precede "limits" or "Broadway" |
| 42% | INNER | 5 | Word that can precede "city" or "tube" |
| 42% | TAX | 3 | Word that can precede "exempt" or "shelter" |
| 42% | JAW | 3 | Word that can precede "bone" or "breaker" |
| 42% | SECRET | 6 | Word that can precede "admirer" or "agent" |
| 42% | EAR | 3 | Word that can precede "flaps" or "drops" |
| 42% | GAY | 3 | Word that can precede "bar" or "pride" |
| 42% | LIP | 3 | Word that can precede "sync" or "stick" |