| 100% | CLIPPED | 7 | With 42 Across, prepared to save at the grocery |
| 45% | CART | 4 | Item at the entrance of a supermarket to push around and fill up with groceries |
| 44% | SHUFFLE | 7 | With 42-Across, prepare to play cards (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 42% | CELL | 4 | With 42 Across, device to send a text with |
| 42% | ALLCENTURYTEAM | 14 | With 42-Across, what the 10 answers to the capitalized clues comprise |
| 41% | SPIN | 4 | With 22-Across, prepares to put on the line |
| 41% | ONONE | 5 | With 15-Across, preparing to pop the question, say |
| 40% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 40% | PAPERBAG | 8 | Alternative to plastic at the grocery checkout: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHUNKY | 6 | Alternative to smooth, at the grocery |
| 39% | INSIDER | 7 | With 42-Across, white-collar crime ... and a hint to four Across answers |
| 39% | RUDYARD | 7 | With 42 Across, British author of ''How the Camel Got His Hump'' |
| 38% | NAVAL | 5 | To do with the military at sea |
| 38% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 37% | TWODRINKMAX | 11 | Limit at the bar, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 37% | TOP | 3 | With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 37% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 37% | MARAT | 5 | With 31-Across, Russian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1, at 20, in 2000 |
| 36% | GARGOYLESWITH | 13 | With 50 Across, the least-ordered dish at Quasimodo's Restaurant? |
| 36% | CUT | 3 | With the circled letters, a hint to solving seven Across clues |
| 35% | TACO | 4 | With 42-Across, time to have a folded Mexican food |
| 35% | SPLIT | 5 | Gymnastics pose with legs at right angles to the body |
| 35% | THOMAS | 6 | With 65 Across, the first to see his name ''up in lights'' (1881) |
| 35% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 35% | REPAIRTOTHE | 11 | With 42-Across, find a relaxed place to sit after dinner |
| 35% | FLYMETO | 7 | With 42 Across, Sinatra tune |
| 34% | CECILY | 6 | With 42-Across, comedian who hosted the 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner |
| 34% | FRAY | 4 | "How to Save a Life" band, with "The" |
| 34% | ASMALL | 6 | With 52-Across, answer to the riddle |
| 34% | BOOBERRYPIEAND | 14 | With 60-Across, answer to the riddle |