| 100% | WEATHERFRONT | 12 | What precedes a storm ... or a hint to 20-, 29- or 43-Across |
| 63% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 61% | OUTSIDECHANCE | 13 | Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across |
| 60% | GRADEINFLATION | 14 | Modern educational phenomenon ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, 38- and 45-Across |
| 60% | METALBAND | 9 | Wedding ring, for example ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| 57% | FINISHINGTOUCH | 14 | Icing on the cake ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 56% | FLOSS | 5 | Dentist's advice … or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down |
| 56% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 55% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 55% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have |
| 54% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 54% | INITIALHERE | 11 | Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across |
| 54% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 54% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 53% | NO | 2 | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 53% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub ... or a literal hint to 20-, 34- and 43-Across |
| 53% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | Actor's stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across |
| 52% | MIXEDFEELINGS | 13 | Ambivalence ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 41-Across |
| 52% | ONANDONANDON | 12 | How a motormouth talks ... or what 20-, 29- and 43-Across literally have in common |
| 52% | THEENDISNEAR | 12 | Apocalyptic warning ... or a hint to 20-, 33- and 42-Across |
| 52% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hairy issue, or a hint to 20-, 26- and 51-Across |
| 51% | OPENANDSHUTCASE | 15 | Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 51% | ONOFFSWITCH | 11 | Toggle ... or a hint to 18-, 29- and 45-Across? |
| 51% | INBUD | 5 | About to bloom ... or a hint to 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 51% | KEYLESSENTRY | 12 | Modern way into a building, and what each answer to 20-, 29-, and 43-Across needs to be to match its clue? |
| 51% | R2D2 | 4 | Sci-fi sidekick ... or a hint to 20- and 34-Across |
| 51% | JUSTWATCHME | 11 | "I'm doing this no matter what..." (and a hint to assembling pieces of 17-, 29-, 35- and 43-Across) |
| 50% | FINGERPAINTS | 12 | Materials for a preschool artist … or a hint to 20-, 32- and 40-Across |
| 50% | WHATSTHEMATTER | 14 | Question of concern, with a hint to 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 50% | INNKEEPER | 9 | Accommodating person? ... or a hint to 20-, 28-, 48- and 57-Across |