| 100% | WORD | 4 | With 33-Across, anagrams and puns (or parts hidden in 17-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across) |
| 48% | CHANGEOFCLOTHES | 15 | Overnight bag item ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 24-. 51- and 63-Across |
| 48% | NO | 2 | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 47% | THERATPACK | 10 | Group with members hidden in 17-, 24- and 46-Across |
| 45% | JUICYPART | 9 | Movie role with range ... or what 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across each have? |
| 45% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 45% | NEST | 4 | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 45% | FRENCHTWIST | 11 | Classic hairstyle ... or a hint to the puns in 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 44% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 43% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 43% | MIDTERMS | 8 | Some tests ... or what's found literally in 17-, 24-, 30-, 39- and 44-Across |
| 43% | ITSMEAGAIN | 10 | "I'm back!" … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across |
| 42% | MIDDLESEAT | 10 | Cramped spot for a plane passenger ... or a hint to something hidden in 17-, 26-, 34-, 42- and 51-Across |
| 42% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | With 63-Across, extra holiday pay ... or what's in 17-, 22-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| 41% | ADBLOCKER | 9 | Browser extension needed in order to understand the answers to 17-, 24-, 31-, 44-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 40% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 40% | ROLEPLAYING | 11 | Therapy technique ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| 40% | BUSINESSLETTERS | 15 | Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 39% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 39% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 39% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 39% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 39% | LADYTENNISSTARS | 15 | Names hidden in 17-, 25-, 51- and 65-Across (twice in the last of these) |
| 39% | SQUAREMEAL | 10 | Nutritiously balanced plateful ... or what 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across may constitute? |
| 38% | POWERHITTER | 11 | One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across |
| 38% | FOURINHAND | 10 | Popular necktie knot ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 33- and 51-Across |
| 38% | MULTIHYPHENATES | 15 | Ones with many talents ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 38% | HEADSWILLROLL | 13 | "Someone's gonna pay" ... or a statement about 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 38% | ADDTOCART | 9 | Message clicked on by an online buyer ... or a hint for 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |