| 100% | JUSTFORKICKS | 12 | Why the buyers of 20-, 28- and 42-Across are in the shoe store? |
| 54% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Estimates, and what the last parts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across are, in different ways |
| 51% | TOBUILDAFIRE | 12 | Jack London short story set in harsh winter conditions, and what the ends of 20-, 28-, and 47-Across can be used for |
| 50% | DIRECTORSSHOUT | 14 | What the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are, collectively |
| 45% | MASTERPIECES | 12 | "Mona Lisa" and "Guernica" ... and, in a different way, the last words of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 45% | LETSUNPACKTHAT | 14 | Therapist's statement, or what can be said about the first parts of 20-, 28-, and 46-Across? |
| 44% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 44% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 43% | FRONTOFHOUSE | 12 | Restaurant or theater staffers who work with patrons, or where the starts of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across can be found? |
| 43% | NBA | 3 | League whose 2023 Finals participants are mentioned at the ends of 20- and 28-Across, and 45- and 50-Across |
| 43% | EASYA | 5 | No-brainer class, an example of which is named by combining the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 43% | OUTSIDESHOTS | 12 | What 20-, 28- and 42-Across are |
| 43% | WHATSSOFUNNY | 12 | Question asked in response to the starts of both words in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 43% | LETTEROPENER | 12 | Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across? |
| 43% | SHARKINFESTED | 13 | Like the waters in 1 Across...and 20, 28, and 45 Across? |
| 42% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | 14-Across and 28-Across novelist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1985 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | BAGEL | 5 | Item whose varieties include the endings of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 42% | THECHIPMUNKS | 12 | Singing group suggested by the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 42% | FINALAPPROVAL | 13 | Permission from the big boss ... and a hint to the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across (in the country indicated) |
| 42% | SMOKEYROBINSON | 14 | 42-Across singer/songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LEIGH | 5 | Co-star of the film whose title is hidden sequentially in 20-, 34-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 41% | PLANTMANAGERS | 13 | Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across |
| 41% | FISH | 4 | Something hidden in 20-, 28-, 43- and 52-Across ... or landed with the help of 1-, 10-, 37- and 63-Across |
| 41% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 41% | AINTNOSUNSHINE | 14 | Bill Withers hit, and a hint to the ends of 20-, 27- and 42-Across |
| 41% | HOWSWEETITIS | 12 | Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 41% | PROCESSEDMEAT | 13 | Spam or sausage ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 35- and 42-Across |
| 41% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Easy preparation instruction ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 40% | FILMDIRECTOR | 12 | Speaker of the last words of 20-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 40% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |