| 100% | ALARM | 5 | With 6-Across, cause of many a rude awakening |
| 58% | MEL | 3 | With 6-Across, a man of many voices |
| 54% | SNORER | 6 | Cause of a rude awakening? |
| 52% | BUG | 3 | With 6-Across, causes of summer itches |
| 51% | USER | 4 | With 6-Across, cause for many IT headaches |
| 50% | TNT | 3 | Cause of many a blowup |
| 50% | AFFAIR | 6 | Cause of many a split |
| 50% | SEXSCANDAL | 10 | Cause of many a resignation |
| 49% | INLAW | 5 | Cause of many a family feud |
| 49% | HASTE | 5 | Cause of many a bad decision |
| 49% | FLU | 3 | Cause of many a sick day |
| 49% | EGO | 3 | Cause of many a swelled head |
| 49% | LEAKYPEN | 8 | Cause of many a shirt stain |
| 48% | DRIVE | 5 | With 6-Across, type of window at a fast food restaurant |
| 47% | CAFEANNOYED | 11 | Result of a casual restaurant's staff dealing with many rude diners? |
| 45% | BUM | 3 | With 70-Across, cause of a limp |
| 45% | TEA | 3 | Cause of a brewed awakening? |
| 44% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 43% | CYANIDE | 7 | Cause of death in many a murder mystery |
| 42% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many a film with "star" in its title (Hyph.) |
| 42% | AIR | 3 | With 6-Down, operator of a 63-Down |
| 42% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 41% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 41% | AFFAIR | 6 | Extra-marital ___ (cause of many a split) |
| 41% | ARE | 3 | With 62 Across, a question of confirmation |
| 41% | ALIEN | 5 | With 6-Across, subject of an eerie rural legend ... illustrated by connecting nine identically filled squares in this puzzle with a closed line |
| 41% | SMOKE | 5 | Cause of poor air quality across many U.S. cities this summer |
| 40% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 40% | WORLD | 5 | With 78-Across, stated desire of many a Miss America |
| 40% | MATRIXOF | 8 | With 43 Across, grid of numbers illustrating a sports transaction? |