100% | NINE | 4 | With 5- and 10-Across, need for 69-, 70- and 71-Across |
44% | DELTA | 5 | With 5-Down, Top 10 country hit for Tanya Tucker and #1 hit for Helen Reddy |
43% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
42% | SEE | 3 | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
40% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
40% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Activity associated with the word ladder formed by 1-, 10-, 70- and 72-Across |
38% | MRIGGINSANDMISS | 15 | With 27-, 49- and 63-Across, the story behind 5-, 36-, 39- and 70-Across |
37% | SQUARES | 7 | Words with 1-, 6-, 10-, 67-, 68- and 69-Across, and 1-, 13-, 26-, 33-, 53- and 59-Down |
36% | ONCE | 4 | With 5- and 6-Across, fairy tale starter |
36% | YEN | 3 | Currency with denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 |
36% | EAST | 4 | With "of" and 71-Across, Steinbeck classic |
35% | TIGER | 5 | With 10-Across, ocelot and margay |
35% | FACE | 4 | With 5 Across, company that the 14 Down is suing for allegedly breaking antitrust laws |
35% | YEN | 3 | Currency with notes in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 |
34% | ICE | 3 | With 10-Across, treatment for a swelling |
34% | IAN | 3 | With 10-Down, lead vocalist and flutist for rock's Jethro Tull |
34% | PARTY | 5 | With 62-Across, clue for 19-, 37- and 50-Across |
34% | BATMAN | 6 | With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across |
34% | PACE | 4 | With 5-Across, warm-up circuits for race car drivers |
34% | CARD | 4 | With 5-Across, Hand and Foot, Hearts, etc. |
34% | PRO | 3 | With 4- and 7-Across, both sides ... or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers |
34% | NOS | 3 | 5 and 10: Abbr. |
33% | MINI | 4 | With 10-Across, place to get milk and bread |
33% | JOHN | 4 | With 5-Across, late congressman and civil rights icon |
33% | PIT | 3 | With 5-Across, times for tire changes in NASCAR |
33% | MAN | 3 | With 43-Across, strength needed for a team job |
33% | UNO | 3 | Game with 5-Across and Reverse cards |
33% | ROTOR | 5 | Rhymer with (and need for) a motor |
33% | INTEGERS | 8 | 5 and 10, e.g. |
33% | PAPA | 4 | With 10-Across, sobriquet for Bill O'Reilly used by 39-Across |