| 100% | JUMPING | 7 | With 58-Across, cardio exercise ... and what's hidden in three puzzle rows? |
| 62% | CHOPPED | 7 | With 58-Across, salad fixings ... and what you'll find aptly hidden in puzzle rows 4, 6 and 10 |
| 49% | PRISONBREAK | 11 | "The Shawshank Redemption" event, and what's hidden in four puzzle rows |
| 48% | AMESSAGEIN | 10 | With 38- and 56-Across, what's hidden in this puzzle |
| 43% | NERVOUSWRECK | 12 | Epitome of anxiety ... or what's hidden in three puzzle answers? |
| 42% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 41% | RECYCLEDMETAL | 13 | Scrapyard commodity ... and what's hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers |
| 41% | STARTFROM | 9 | With 58-Across, what four Down answers in this puzzle do |
| 40% | CUTOUTTHE | 9 | With 58-Across, buy or sell direct ... or what to do in this puzzle three times? |
| 40% | TRANSFER | 8 | With 119 Across, one changing schools ... and what you must do between seven pairs of schools in this puzzle |
| 40% | JUMPSCARE | 9 | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| 39% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 39% | DNA | 3 | Building block of life, and what's hidden in this puzzle's 4 longest answers |
| 38% | PUTTINGONAIRS | 13 | Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title |
| 37% | SHIFTINGGEARS | 13 | Unexpectedly changing one's attitude ... and what's literally hidden in six long puzzle answers |
| 37% | LITTLEBOPEEP | 12 | One who lost what's hidden in 19-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 37% | SECRETADMIRER | 13 | Unidentified sender of what's hidden in 20-, 36-, and 42-Across |
| 37% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 36% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 36% | BACKPAY | 7 | Past due salary ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 36% | CHANGEOFCLOTHES | 15 | Overnight bag item ... and what's literally hidden in 17-, 24-. 51- and 63-Across |
| 36% | PRIDE | 5 | With 58-Across, what's represented by this puzzle's colored "stripes" |
| 36% | PRESIDENTIALMONOGRAMS | 21 | What's hidden in answers with an apt "#" in their clues |
| 36% | CHEESE | 6 | With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? |
| 36% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 36% | CHANGINGDIAPERS | 15 | New father's task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? |
| 36% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 36% | SECRETAGENTS | 12 | Undercover operatives ... or what are hiding in 17-, 20-, 35- and 58-Across? |
| 36% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |