| 100% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 69% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 69% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 66% | CLEANENERGY | 11 | "Green" topic suggested by the starts of 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 63% | BLEMISH | 7 | Imperfection (and what's at the start of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down) |
| 60% | SOAP | 4 | The end of each of 20- and 56-Across and 11- and 29-Down is a popular one |
| 59% | ELECTRICCAR | 11 | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 59% | PERMUTATIONS | 12 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other |
| 59% | DOVER | 5 | Capital suggested by the circled letters and by the starts of 17- and 63-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 58% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 58% | TOWEL | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 51-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 58% | CABINET | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20- and 58-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 57% | FIRE | 4 | It precedes the starts of 20, 58-Across, 11, 29-Down |
| 57% | SAY | 3 | What you can do to the first parts of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 55% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 55% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 54% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 54% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 54% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 54% | ITSALONGSTORY | 13 | "I'll tell you the rest another time," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 49-Across |
| 53% | NAMES | 5 | Starts of 17- and 55-Across, and 11- and 29-Down, impolitely |
| 53% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 53% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 53% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 53% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 53% | GAL | 3 | Inner woman of 20- and 53-Across and 10- and 29-Down |
| 53% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 52% | MOON | 4 | It has phases that are represented by the starts of 18-, 29-, 47- and 61-Across ... and by 1-Down |
| 52% | BROWN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 52% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |