| 100% | STAYWITHUS | 10 | With 36- and 56-Across, an announcer's plea |
| 70% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 63% | WHERETHERES | 11 | With 36- and 57-Across, an old dramatist's motto? |
| 55% | PHILLISWHEATLEY | 15 | 18th-century poet (whose name shares a feature with 36- and 56-Across) |
| 52% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 52% | MEET | 4 | Before "the" and 56 Across, an MLB fight song |
| 50% | ITWASTHEBEST | 12 | With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
| 48% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 48% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 47% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 46% | KENNY | 5 | With 36-Across, Rockets great who's an analyst for "Inside the NBA" |
| 45% | TIN | 3 | With 36 Across, rapper's woe |
| 44% | AMESSAGEIN | 10 | With 38- and 56-Across, what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 44% | FOOLSRUSHIN | 11 | With 36- and 59-Across, words of Alexander Pope |
| 44% | SEVILLE | 7 | With 36 Across, Don Juan's hometown |
| 44% | IFMY | 4 | With 36- and 43-Across, second line of the poem |
| 43% | RED | 3 | With 36 Across, accountant's need, or bane |
| 43% | CHANGE | 6 | With 36- and 39-Across, go from 1- to 61-Across |
| 43% | STORM | 5 | With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across |
| 43% | GINGER | 6 | With 36-Across, home remedy for an upset stomach |
| 43% | SWAN | 4 | With 36-Across, Tchaikovsky ballet that was a highlight of 18- and 46-Across's long professional partnership |
| 42% | CUTTING | 7 | With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 42% | PASTPERFORMANCE | 15 | With 36-Across and 55-Across, a sales pitch disclaimer |
| 42% | YOURROOTS | 9 | With 56-Across, hairstylist's observation (that also applies to 17-, 25- and 34-Across?) |
| 42% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 41% | THREE | 5 | With 53- and 56-Across, certain abode |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 36-Across, TV squad with B.A. Baracus and Hannibal Smith |
| 40% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, what this is |
| 40% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 40% | NOT | 3 | With 36 Across, ''Unacceptable'' |