| 100% | BETWEEN | 7 | With 63-Across, phrase grating to grammarians |
| 54% | LETTHEM | 7 | With 19 Across, phrase wrongly attributed to Marie Antoinette |
| 49% | THENOBLESTARTISTHATOF | 21 | With 63 Across, Barnum proverb |
| 48% | KNIFE | 5 | With 63 Across, bag for chefs |
| 48% | SILENT | 6 | With 63 Across, source of quote |
| 48% | TOTHEBESTOF | 11 | With 63 Across, ''Not quite sure'' |
| 47% | ACME | 4 | With 63 Across, Wile E. Coyote purchase |
| 47% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 46% | TIME | 4 | With 63-Across, what (in abbreviated form) has been added to the long Down answers |
| 45% | THE | 3 | With 63- and 64-Across, privileged info, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 45% | ITSRAINING | 10 | With 63-Across, the opening lines to a nursery rhyme suggested by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 45% | IMPULSE | 7 | With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | LADIES | 6 | With 63-Across, what some performers saw in Las Vegas? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 43% | THELONG | 7 | With 63-Across, all that needs to be said, or a hint to what's found in each starred answer |
| 43% | SESAME | 6 | With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 41% | ETTU | 4 | Phrase associated with the 18 Across |
| 41% | TATER | 5 | With 37 Across, alternative to fries |
| 41% | STONE | 5 | With 63-Across, Stele |
| 41% | UNDER | 5 | With 63-Across, attempt |
| 41% | THE | 3 | With 6 Across, something to cut to |
| 41% | STOPPINGBYWOODS | 15 | With 53 Across, ''miles to go'' poem |
| 41% | REVENUE | 7 | With 39 Across, income distribution to partners |
| 41% | EINERECLINER | 12 | With 117 Across, songs to relax by? |
| 40% | OLIVE | 5 | With 63-Across, comics girlfriend |
| 40% | PIG | 3 | With 63-Across, unseen purchase |
| 40% | STUMBLI | 7 | With 63-Across, temporary setback |
| 40% | THE | 3 | With 63-Across, go Dutch |
| 40% | ABOVE | 5 | With 63-Across, pretty good |
| 40% | ELISHA | 6 | With 63-Across, elevator pioneer |