| 100% | BOWLINGALLEY | 12 | Where you might roll the starts of 17-, 31-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 58% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Command center? ... or where you might hear the starts of 17-, 28- and 49-Across |
| 56% | DELI | 4 | Where you might find the starts of 18-, 26-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 56% | PAPER | 5 | Where you may find the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 52% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 52% | JAR | 3 | Where you might find the thematic parts of 17-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across |
| 48% | BYGEORGE | 8 | Words from Professor Higgins, and where you'll find the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 47% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 47% | ILIAD | 5 | Work hinted at by the starts of 17-, 26-, 42- and 56-Across |
| 47% | USPS | 4 | Org. suggested by the starts of 17-, 31-, 41- and 62-Across |
| 46% | FIRSTBASE | 9 | Where the second parts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across might get you |
| 45% | HEAD | 4 | Apt attachment to the starts of 14-, 17-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 44% | PURSE | 5 | Where the endings of 17-, 33-, 43- and 63-Across are often found |
| 44% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 44% | JEWELRY | 7 | What the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down may each be a piece of |
| 43% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 42% | LUNCHBOXES | 10 | Backpack containers where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 41% | INTHEBANK | 9 | Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 41% | RIGHTOFCENTER | 13 | Somewhat conservative, politically ... and where the first word of 17-, 31-, 43- and 60-Across can literally be found |
| 41% | EYEOPENERS | 10 | Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be |
| 41% | INVOGUE | 7 | Fashionable ... or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | CRAIGSLIST | 10 | Website where you can do the first parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 40% | DIRTYWORDS | 10 | Curses ... or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across? |
| 40% | TAROTCARDREADER | 15 | One examining the starts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 40% | BIRDIE | 6 | Term illustrated by the starts of 17- and 20-Across |
| 40% | DRAW | 4 | Something you can do to the starts of 17-, 21-, 37-, 53- and 60-Across |
| 40% | THATSAWRAP | 10 | "Finished!"...or an observation about the starts of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 40% | COUNTERFEITCOIN | 15 | Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 40% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 40% | THEOLYMPICGAMES | 15 | Event suggested by the starts of 17-, 35- and 40-Across |