| 100% | FACEBOOKBUTTONS | 15 | What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are |
| 69% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 64% | CURLINGBONSPIEL | 15 | Athletic tournament hinted at by the first words in 17-, 23-, 48-, and 60-Across |
| 63% | COMETOTERMS | 11 | Reach an agreement ... and what the first words of 17, 32, and 45 Across are? |
| 63% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 57% | ERODED | 6 | Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65-Across in order? |
| 55% | STARTOFSPRING | 13 | Vernal equinox, and what the last words of 17-, 26-, 48- and 60-Across might be considered |
| 54% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be |
| 53% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 53% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 53% | STATE | 5 | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| 53% | DIDDLYSQUAT | 11 | What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth? |
| 53% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 52% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 51% | CARRIESNOWEIGHT | 15 | Has little significance ... and to all intents and purposes, what the first word of 17-, 27- and 48-Across does |
| 51% | MARKETS | 7 | What the last words of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 25-Down are kinds of |
| 51% | RINGLEADER | 10 | Mastermind, and what the first word of 16-, 23-, 35-, or 45-Across can be |
| 51% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 50% | MEUM | 4 | First word in Greek for 'what is mine and what is thine' |
| 50% | MAKECONCESSIONS | 15 | Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across? |
| 50% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 50% | STARTAFIRE | 10 | Ignite something ... or what the first words of 17-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do? |
| 49% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 49% | RHYME | 5 | What each of the longest words in 17-Across, 65-Across, 10-Down and 25-Down famously lacks |
| 48% | BANKOPENING | 11 | 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be |
| 48% | HUMAN | 5 | Word that can precede the first word of 17- and 64-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 48% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Estimates, and what the last parts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across are, in different ways |
| 48% | SHOWOFHANDS | 11 | Quick polling method, and what 17-, 29-, and 49-Across all are, in different ways |
| 47% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 47% | TURNTOSTONE | 11 | Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? |