| 100% | THREE | 5 | With 53- and 56-Across, certain abode |
| 59% | NOTHINGTO | 9 | With 36 and 56 Across, so-so |
| 59% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 54% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 46% | CROSSWORDPUZZLE | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, what this is |
| 45% | METES | 5 | With 53 Across, apportions |
| 45% | STAYWITHUS | 10 | With 36- and 56-Across, an announcer's plea |
| 44% | NEW | 3 | With 53 Across, historical fresh start |
| 43% | THURGOOD | 8 | With 56-Across, lawyer who argued in 19- and 49-Across |
| 43% | AMESSAGEIN | 10 | With 38- and 56-Across, what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 43% | DISPLAYDIGITS | 13 | With 35- and 53-Across, how to decipher each numerical clue |
| 43% | STORM | 5 | With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41-Across |
| 43% | SILICONVALLEY | 13 | What 19 and 56 Across are credited as founding |
| 43% | MEET | 4 | Before "the" and 56 Across, an MLB fight song |
| 43% | STOPPINGBYWOODS | 15 | With 53 Across, ''miles to go'' poem |
| 43% | ETTU | 4 | Words associated with 53 Across |
| 42% | HEAT | 4 | With 53-Across, weather phenomenon with trapped warmth, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 42% | HELPMEOBI | 9 | With 61- and 37-Across, famous line by 53-Across in [see circled letters] |
| 42% | THAT | 4 | With 15- and 26-Across, former Fox sitcom focused on a certain decade, literally |
| 41% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 41% | IRON | 4 | With 56 Across, magnetic compound |
| 41% | JULIUS | 6 | With 25-Across, speaker of the quote hidden in 20-, 37- and 53-Across |
| 41% | UNITEDKINGDOMOF | 15 | With 37- and 56-Across, where "God Save the Queen" is the national anthem |
| 41% | CUTTING | 7 | With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 41% | GOLDILOCKSAND | 13 | With 53 Across, fairy tale about a young, blonde trespasser |
| 41% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 41% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 41% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |
| 41% | FORTUNE | 7 | With 41- and 48-Across, what 56-Across declared while approaching the eruption of 20-Across |
| 40% | LIME | 4 | With 56 Across, a summer cooler |