| 100% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 88% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 70% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 61% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 60% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 57% | BLEMISH | 7 | Imperfection (and what's at the start of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| 56% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 53% | DELETE | 6 | Rhyme of 49-Down, and what you might do to one |
| 53% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 52% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 52% | SWEAR | 5 | What one may do up and down |
| 50% | MONEY | 5 | A slang term for this starts 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | BITTEREND | 9 | What 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 25-Down each comes to? |
| 50% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | In pain, and what you're doing for the answers to 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 50% | ELECTRICCAR | 11 | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 50% | CAR | 3 | There's one garaged in 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 49% | ROUND | 5 | Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 49% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 49% | TAKEASHOT | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 46-Across are always willing to do |
| 48% | CARRYUMBRELLAS | 14 | What 16- and 37-Across and 11- and 24-Down were all known to do |
| 48% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |
| 48% | LETSPUTAPININIT | 15 | Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across |
| 48% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 48% | GETLOST | 7 | Scram ... or a hint to solving 17-, 20-, 50- and 57-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 47% | MAYOCLINIC | 10 | Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? |
| 47% | HAND | 4 | Word that may precede the first parts of 17-, 37- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 46% | DOUBLEDOORS | 11 | Some entrances, and a hint to 17-Across, 11-Down and 28-Down |
| 46% | NAMEDROPS | 9 | Shows off one's connections, or what you'll do by speaking the starts of 17-, 28- and 43-Across |
| 46% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | "Clay" to "Ali," e.g., and a hint to 17-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 46% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |