| 100% | HANDSAMERICA | 12 | With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain |
| 38% | FUNRUN | 6 | Charity event with a finish line |
| 38% | TSTORMS | 7 | Weather events with lightning, briefly ... or a description of 1 and 13 Across |
| 36% | SENECA | 6 | With 1-Across, event essential to the achievement described when you combine this week's previous 1-Across answers |
| 36% | DEMI | 4 | With 1-Down, moderately sweet, to a vintner |
| 36% | BUBBLEBUBBLE | 12 | With 72 Across, reason to call a plumber? |
| 36% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 36% | REESE | 5 | Witherspoon with a 1 Across |
| 35% | EARLY | 5 | With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado |
| 35% | GODSWAYOF | 9 | With 25-, 42- and 55-Across, a definition of 1-Across, according to Dennis Miller |
| 35% | PRO | 3 | With 1-Down, place to pick up a racket |
| 35% | HIGHJUMP | 8 | Athletic event with a bar to clear |
| 34% | JAMBA | 5 | With 1-Down, smoothie chain with a Mango-a-go-go flavor |
| 34% | LUCK | 4 | With 15 Across, party you might bring a dish to |
| 34% | YOUR | 4 | With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 34% | PEPPERS | 7 | With 15 Across, illusion that uses a reflection to create the appearance of a phantom |
| 34% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
| 34% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
| 34% | REDROVER | 8 | Playground game, try to run through a human chain |
| 34% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 33% | INNOUT | 6 | West Coast burger chain with a "not-so-secret menu" |
| 33% | THE | 3 | With 1-Across, last words of a story |
| 33% | BLESS | 5 | With 1-Across, alternative to "Gesundheit!" |
| 33% | ECLIPSE | 7 | "Total" 2017 event visible in a coast-to-coast path from Oregon to South Carolina |
| 33% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 33% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 33% | MAGIC | 5 | With 8-Across, it might involve a sudden disappearance |
| 33% | FOOD | 4 | With 1-Across, dreaded cry for a cafeteria worker |
| 33% | TIED | 4 | With 1-Across, had a connection with |
| 33% | THEBESTTHINGSIN | 15 | With 62-Across, a caution to materialists |