| 100% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 84% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 80% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 77% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 75% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 73% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 73% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain found at the starts of 17-, 26-, 35-, 50- and 57-Across |
| 65% | JAMSESSION | 10 | Impromptu performance ... or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 34- and 50-Across comprise? |
| 64% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? |
| 64% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 64% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 63% | LEAGUELEADERS | 13 | Many championship-bound teams, or what the starts of 17-, 20-, 58-, and 64-Across are |
| 62% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Intellectual property protection ... or what the starts of 17-, 21-, 39- and 57-Across once were |
| 62% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 61% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 60% | OHIOPLAYERS | 11 | Chart-topping 1970s R&B/funk band suggested by the starts of 17-, 26-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 59% | SUGARSUBSTITUTE | 15 | Artificial sweetener ... and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally |
| 59% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 59% | THEFOURELEMENTS | 15 | What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across comprise |
| 58% | PINHEADS | 8 | Tops of sewing fasteners ... and what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 51-Across can have |
| 58% | FITTOBETIED | 11 | Really steamed ... or what the ends of 17-, 26- and 47-Across are? |
| 58% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 57% | SHORTCUTS | 9 | Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across? |
| 57% | CANOPENERS | 10 | Kitchen gadgets, and what the starts 17-, 21-, 35-, 42- and 56-Across are |
| 57% | CHORALGROUP | 11 | What the ends of 17-, 31-, 37- and 48-Across are, collectively |
| 57% | THEOLYMPICGAMES | 15 | Event suggested by the starts of 17-, 35- and 40-Across |
| 56% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 56% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 56% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |
| 55% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |