| 100% | THEFOURELEMENTS | 15 | What the starts of 22-, 36-, 41- and 50-Across comprise |
| 64% | JAMSESSION | 10 | Impromptu performance ... or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 34- and 50-Across comprise? |
| 59% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 56% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 55% | PASSABLE | 8 | Barely adequate ... or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across are |
| 54% | STROKES | 7 | Pets ... or what the starts of 17-, 25-, 50- and 61-Across are all kinds of |
| 53% | APRILFOOLSDAY | 13 | Apt time for pranksters to do the starts of 17-, 22-, 50-, and 57-Across? |
| 52% | CYCLE | 5 | What hitting the starts of 20-, 32-, 43- and 55-Across comprises, in baseball lingo |
| 51% | COLLEGEEXPENSES | 15 | What tuition and the starts of 17-, 22-, 37-(?) and 47-Across are |
| 49% | WINDQUARTET | 11 | Musical ensemble ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across comprise |
| 49% | THINGSDRAWN | 11 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are |
| 49% | LITTLEGIRLS | 11 | What the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across make? |
| 48% | HOPPERS | 7 | What the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across all are |
| 48% | EYES | 4 | What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have |
| 48% | BESTPICTURE | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across each won |
| 48% | COMICRELIEF | 11 | What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide? |
| 48% | BOWLS | 5 | What the starts of 20- and 53-Across and 11- and 29-Down are |
| 48% | USEFOWLLANGUAGE | 15 | What the starts of the answers to 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across do, punnily? |
| 47% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 47% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Hint to the starts of 20-, 27- and 50-Across |
| 46% | THEWHOLESHEBANG | 15 | What the ends of 17-, 29- and 46-Across figuratively comprise |
| 46% | SHORTCUTS | 9 | Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across? |
| 46% | INHALINGFOOD | 12 | What the ends of 20-, 36- and 43-Across suggest |
| 46% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 45% | FOURTHOFJULY | 12 | Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36- and 42-Across, literally |
| 45% | USPS | 4 | Org. suggested by the starts of 17-, 31-, 41- and 62-Across |
| 45% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 45% | DOGS | 4 | Recipients of the cries seen at the starts of 20-, 36- and 50-Across and 7-Down |
| 45% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 45% | COW | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |