| 100% | WHERES | 6 | With 45-Across, book title with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 73% | MARGIN | 6 | With 29-/30-Across, wiggle room ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 72% | POP | 3 | With 45-Across, students' unwelcome surprise ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 72% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 71% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 71% | NATIONALPASTIME | 15 | Baseball ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 71% | SEWER | 5 | Job title (giving a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 71% | GRANDCENTRAL | 12 | Famous place with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 71% | TALKINCIRCLES | 13 | Argue repetitively ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | THESECRETGARDEN | 15 | Classic 1911 children's novel ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | ONEWAYSTREETS | 13 | Most crosstown thoroughfares in Manhattan ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | KINKYBOOTS | 10 | 2013 Best Musical Tony winner ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | FEELLIKEAFOOL | 13 | Regret some stupidity ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | XYANDXX | 7 | Matching towel set ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | THESIXTHSENSE | 13 | 1999 film whose title is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | OUTBOX | 6 | Where finished work goes ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | INBOX | 5 | Where work piles up ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | BIRD | 4 | With 41-Across, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | SEE | 3 | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 69% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Where one might find a date ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 69% | GRAY | 4 | With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 69% | THEDIRTYDOZEN | 13 | Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 69% | CANDYSTRIPE | 11 | Pattern once used for hospital volunteer uniforms, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | ENDOW | 5 | Support with funding, and, if reparsed, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | THESOUNDOFMUSIC | 15 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | OPERATION | 9 | Classic kids' game involving removal of body parts ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | JACKIN | 6 | With 48-Down, children's toy ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | UMINUM | 6 | With 42-Down, home construction material ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | SAYHELLOTOMY | 12 | With 22-Down, classic crime-movie line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 67% | FROOT | 5 | With 71-Across, breakfast choice ... or a punny hint to this puzzle's theme |