| 100% | NOSHOES | 7 | With 43-Across and 20-Down, a sign on a restaurant door |
| 49% | YOULL | 5 | With 21 Across, 3 Down, 8 Down, and 20 Down, response to Ralphie's request for a BB gun in "A Christmas Story" |
| 49% | HAVINGAGOODTIME | 15 | With 34-, 43- and 58-Across, message on a tourist's postcard |
| 46% | WHATSTHEMATTER | 14 | Question of concern, with a hint to 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 45% | FINISHINGTOUCH | 14 | Icing on the cake ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 45% | IENJOYEDYOURBOOK | 16 | With 43- and 48-Across, a barb to 14-Down |
| 45% | THANTORECEIVE | 13 | With 2 Down, 36 Across & 43 Across, a Christmas-style maxim |
| 44% | PAPERCARRIERS | 13 | Morning news deliverers ... or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? |
| 44% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 43% | WHATA | 5 | With 15 and 20 Across, a 1967 song sung by Louis Armstrong in "Good Morning, Vietnam" |
| 43% | GENTS | 5 | Sign on a saloon door |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | Sign on a shop door |
| 43% | OPEN | 4 | Sign on a store door |
| 43% | GLISTENHERE | 11 | Sign on a sauna door? |
| 43% | THEDOCTORISIN | 13 | Words on Lucy's "Psychiatric Help - 5¢" sign ... and a hint to 20-, 33- and 39-Across |
| 42% | DONOT | 5 | With 7-Across, street sign with a red circle and white bar |
| 42% | OPEN | 4 | Welcome sign on a shop door |
| 41% | PULL | 4 | Sign on a door |
| 41% | ENTER | 5 | Sign on a door |
| 41% | WOMEN | 5 | Sign on a door |
| 41% | PUSH | 4 | Sign on a door |
| 41% | MEN | 3 | Sign on a door? |
| 41% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 41% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 41% | SINKING | 7 | With 43-Down, uneasy anticipation ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 41% | NOEXIT | 6 | Warning sign on a locked door: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BOYS | 4 | Sign on a grade school door |
| 40% | OPEN | 4 | Sign on a shop's door |
| 40% | GENTS | 5 | Sign on a British restroom door |
| 40% | HAUNTED | 7 | With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down |