| 100% | THELETTERS | 10 | When read as three words, suitable sponsor for "Sesame Street" and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across |
| 34% | CANDY | 5 | Checkout counter staple ... or, when read as three words, what 20-, 31-, 47- and 55-Across have in common |
| 30% | MIDASTOUCH | 10 | Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across |
| 29% | 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 |
| 28% | INANE | 5 | Foolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arranged |
| 27% | LETTERDROP | 10 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | THEWEARING | 10 | With 112 Across, Irish street ballad that serves as an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 25% | COW | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 25% | PIG | 3 | Animal that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 25% | DUCK | 4 | Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 25% | FARM | 4 | Place that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 25% | SHESAWOMAN | 10 | 1964 Beatles song, and an apt clue for 17-, 23-, 36- and 46-Across |
| 25% | STOP | 4 | "Enough with the lame puns already!" (and, when parsed as three words, a hint to the theme answers) |
| 24% | SOMETHING | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of 18-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 24% | DRAWTOWARD | 10 | Attract ... or, as three words, sequence change with a hint about 18-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across |
| 24% | LAST | 4 | Which words to read in 20-, 38- and 53-Across to get a warm welcome |
| 23% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 23% | SHELLCOMPANY | 12 | Vehicle for some financial deception ... or, literally, the casing of 20-, 30-, 37-, and 46-Across? |
| 23% | BROADWAY | 8 | Where the answers to 20-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across have appeared in lights |
| 23% | PERRYWHITE | 10 | Character known for exclaiming the first words of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 22% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 22% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 22% | KEEPSANEYEON | 12 | Looks after, as suggested by the last word of 20-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 22% | ELF | 3 | Christmas figure seen in the answers to 18, 29, 46, and 60 Across |
| 22% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 22% | PARAPHRASES | 11 | Puts in other words, or, if read as three pieces, a hint to the starred answers |
| 22% | COUNT | 5 | With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer) |
| 22% | ENDOW | 5 | Furnish with funds, and when parsed differently, a double feature of the answers to 18-, 26-, 41-, 53-, and 65-Across |
| 21% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 21% | THECHARGERS | 11 | Los Angeles NFL team, and an apt name for 18-, 24-, 52-, and 59-Across, collectively? |