| 100% | PARTY | 5 | With 62-Across, clue for 19-, 37- and 50-Across |
| 52% | BORNWITHA | 9 | With 37- and 50-Across, privileged |
| 52% | MEDICAL | 7 | With 37 Across, health-care jobs of 19 and 49 Across |
| 51% | BATMAN | 6 | With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Network for the game shows in the clues for 19-, 32-, and 42-Across |
| 45% | GEORGIA | 7 | With 50-Across, American painter known for her flowers and New Mexico landscapes |
| 44% | ALLIN | 5 | With 35- and 37-Across, how to answer the starred clues |
| 43% | GROWTHAREA | 10 | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 43% | BOB | 3 | With 66-Across, choreographer whose life is depicted in the starts of 19-, 36- and 50-Across |
| 43% | TIC | 3 | With 50 and 55 Across, the ''central'' theme |
| 43% | LAUGHTER | 8 | With 13 and 22 Across, "prescription" for humor |
| 43% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 43% | SIGHOF | 6 | With 37 Across, ''Alas!'', for instance |
| 42% | HEAD | 4 | With 37-Across, hair accessory ... or a literal hint to 19-, 27-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 42% | DINEANDDASH | 11 | Not pay for a meal at a restaurant ... or a hint to each half of 16-, 19-, 34- and 50-Across |
| 42% | BEAUTY | 6 | With 33-Down, where to go for the ends of 16-, 20-, 40-, 56- and 62-Across |
| 41% | TAKETHE | 7 | With 62-Across, 1976 Steve Miller Band hit, and what you do to make the answers to the starred clues make sense |
| 41% | ODDS | 4 | With 37- Across and 44-Down, miscellany |
| 41% | BIRDSOFAFEATHER | 15 | Clues for 20-, 39- and 56-Across? |
| 41% | DONOTFORSAKE | 12 | With 49-Across, theme song of 37- and 38-Across |
| 41% | PERCUSSION | 10 | Orchestra section for 19 Across, plus 8 and 34 Down |
| 41% | SEASON | 6 | With 41-Across, good time for a cliffhanger ... or what each of 17-, 24-, 50- and 63-Across has? |
| 40% | ERIC | 4 | With 37-Across, actor and "Spamalot" writer who cocreated "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 50 years ago |
| 40% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | Puzzles with across and down clues |
| 40% | THATSALL | 8 | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 40% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | Australian director of 19- and 33-Across who's known for films with pop music soundtracks: 2 wds. |
| 39% | USA | 3 | Country of citizenship for 16-, 37- and 56-/62-Across, for short |
| 39% | BOUNDTOHAPPEN | 13 | Inevitable ... or a hint for 19-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 39% | NAME | 4 | With 50- and 53-Down, apt title for this puzzle |
| 39% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |