| 100% | MAIN | 4 | With 59-Across, A-B-C-A in the illustration |
| 61% | TOTAL | 5 | The "c" in a + b = c |
| 59% | DRY | 3 | With 10 Across, what cannot be seen in the house after a tearjerker |
| 59% | ROCKLOBSTER | 11 | B-52s hit with a crustacean in the title |
| 57% | ALPHABETTIES | 12 | Neckwear with the letters A, B, C, D, etc.? |
| 55% | DONTBIGEMPTY | 12 | With 45 Across, a query put to Bob Hope in 1939's The Cat and the Canary |
| 54% | MEANING | 7 | With 18-Across, it puts the fun in a pun |
| 53% | EURO | 4 | Its symbol resembles a C with two lines across the center |
| 53% | SKIPPING | 8 | With 59-Across, lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid |
| 52% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 51% | PLAY | 4 | With 7-Across, ignore the score, in a way |
| 51% | KODAK | 5 | With 59 Across, the slogan's subject |
| 51% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 51% | PARK | 4 | With 16 Across, block traffic, in a way |
| 51% | STREET | 6 | A, B or C, in Washington |
| 51% | AVENUE | 6 | A, B, or C, in NYC |
| 51% | SCHOOLS | 7 | Teaches the A B C's |
| 51% | BASIC | 5 | Like the A B C's |
| 51% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 50% | IOLANI | 6 | With 36-Across, only official residence of a reigning monarch now in the United States |
| 50% | STS | 3 | A, B and C, in D.C. |
| 50% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 50% | ACE | 3 | Card with an A in the corner |
| 50% | TAKE | 4 | With 6-Across, go in a board game ... or what the circled letters do |
| 49% | MAP | 3 | With 59 Across, what's found within many a legend |
| 49% | WHATATIME | 9 | With 16 Across, exclamation from one living in the moment |
| 49% | STS | 3 | A, B, and C, in Wash., D.C. |
| 49% | TRAIN | 5 | A, B, or C, in New York City |
| 49% | ACE | 3 | Playing card with an A in the corner |
| 49% | TOTAL | 5 | The "c" in a+b=c |