| 100% | FATE | 4 | What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent |
| 48% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | What truth is said to be the first casualty of |
| 44% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 44% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 43% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 43% | WIT | 3 | Brevity is said to be the soul of it |
| 43% | THEJUNGLE | 9 | Lions are said to be the kings of this |
| 43% | EAU | 3 | What the 22 Across is made of |
| 42% | WIT | 3 | Sarcasm is said to be the lowest form of it |
| 42% | STMARK | 6 | He is said to have founded the Church of Alexandria |
| 42% | UTAH | 4 | Its name is said to mean "people of the mountains" |
| 42% | HELLFIRE | 8 | Flames that are said to be the punishment of sinners |
| 42% | LOYALEST | 8 | Labradors are said to be one of the __ dog breeds |
| 42% | ONE | 3 | What the tangent of 45° is equal to |
| 42% | ROOTOFALLEVIL | 13 | What the love of money is, they say |
| 42% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
| 42% | WIT | 3 | A pun is said to be the lowest form of this |
| 42% | NICHOLAS | 8 | Saint who is said to be the basis of Santa Claus |
| 42% | CARS | 4 | What the answers to starred clues are part of |
| 41% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | It is said to be hidden at the end of the rainbow |
| 41% | STARTOFPLAY | 11 | Opening kickoff, say, and what both parts of 17-, 30- and 47-Across can be |
| 41% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 41% | CORAL | 5 | What the beaklike teeth of a parrotfish are used to bite |
| 41% | SINGINGTHEBLUES | 15 | What the artists of 16-, 27- and 49-Across are doing (in reference to the last words of their hits)? |
| 41% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 41% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Town said to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ |
| 41% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 40% | APRIL | 5 | Month whose name is said to be derived from the Latin for "to open" |