| 100% | LEAH | 4 | Wife of Jacob and in-law of 25-Across |
| 62% | ESAU | 4 | Twin of Jacob and in-law of 30-Down |
| 55% | LEAH | 4 | Wife of Jacob, in the Bible |
| 54% | LEAH | 4 | Wife of Jacob in the Bible |
| 51% | HERA | 4 | The Goddess of women and wife of 22-Across in Greek mythology |
| 51% | RHEA | 4 | Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus in Greek mythology |
| 51% | LEAH | 4 | First wife of Jacob in the Old Testament |
| 51% | INNERMONOLOGUE | 14 | Narrator in your head, and a feature of 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 51% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Description of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across, in different senses? |
| 51% | SARAH | 5 | Wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Old Testament |
| 50% | LEVI | 4 | Third son of Jacob and Leah in Old Testament |
| 50% | REBECCA | 7 | Mother of Jacob and Esau in the Hebrew Bible |
| 50% | RHEA | 4 | Sister and wife of Cronus, in myth |
| 50% | YOU | 3 | Object of affection in 17-, 25-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 49% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 49% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 48% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 48% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 48% | SKIPPINGTOWN | 12 | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 47% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Sister of Augustus and fourth wife of Mark Antony who died in 11 BC |
| 47% | AMPHITRITE | 10 | Sea goddess in Greek mythology and the wife of Poseidon |
| 47% | TATE | 4 | Sharon —, actress and wife of Roman Polanski murdered in 1969 |
| 47% | FLY | 3 | Cool, in dated slang, and what can follow the ends of 20-, 25-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 47% | EIEIO | 5 | Refrain in a children's song ... or a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 47% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 46% | HENRY | 5 | & 12D Author of novels Hunt the Slipper and Brothers in Law |
| 46% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 46% | KEYBOARDSHORTCUT | 16 | Computer user’s time-saver . . . or, in another sense, a feature of 18-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across? |
| 46% | HOMEMADEMEAL | 12 | Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one |