| 100% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 55% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 53% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 49% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 48% | AFEWCHOICEWORDS | 15 | Euphemism for rude expressions, and what can be found at the starts of 17-, 26-, and 48-Across |
| 48% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 48% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 46% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 45% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 45% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Intellectual property protection ... or what the starts of 17-, 21-, 39- and 57-Across once were |
| 44% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | TONGUETIED | 10 | At a loss for words, and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across can literally be? |
| 44% | DATINGAPP | 9 | Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common |
| 44% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 43% | GROWTHAREA | 10 | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 43% | COVERSONGS | 10 | Musical remakes, and what 17-, 26-, 40-, and 50-Across all are, in a way |
| 43% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 42% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | THATSTHESPIRIT | 14 | "Now you're talking!," and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across |
| 42% | THEFOURELEMENTS | 15 | What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across comprise |
| 42% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 42% | RHYMING | 7 | Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues |
| 42% | STANDAPART | 10 | Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across? |
| 42% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 42% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 42% | BLUEZONES | 9 | Geographic regions known for the longevity of their residents, and what 17-, 25-, 39-, and 55-Across are? |
| 41% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 41% | YOUCANKEEPIT | 12 | "I don't need that back," and what can be said about the starts of 20-, 34-, and 40-Across |
| 41% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 41% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |