| 100% | SESAME | 6 | With 63-Across, where to find all the characters at the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 55% | BOXOFCHOCOLATES | 15 | Where to find the varieties mentioned at the start of 17-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 54% | ELMO | 4 | Pal of the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 66-Across |
| 52% | JEANS | 5 | Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17- 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across |
| 52% | JEANS | 5 | Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17-, 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across |
| 49% | YOUREOUT | 8 | Call at home, and a clue to the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 52-Across |
| 46% | GOWHOLEHOG | 10 | Pull out all the stops, and how to find the animals at the starts of 17-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 46% | LGBTQ | 5 | Modern movement initialism ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 24-, 40-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 45% | PACMAN | 6 | Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across? |
| 44% | HIGH | 4 | With 69-Across, where to find the ends of 17-, 22-, 32-, 43-, 54- and 61-Across |
| 44% | PAPER | 5 | Where you may find the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 44% | MARIOBROS | 9 | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |
| 42% | AFTERSCHOOL | 11 | Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across |
| 42% | ATTAR | 5 | Sufi poet thought to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45- and 52-Across |
| 41% | GIFT | 4 | Something that can be wrapped using the starts of 17-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 41% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain found at the starts of 17-, 26-, 35-, 50- and 57-Across |
| 41% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 41% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 41% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 41% | BREAK | 5 | Intermission ... or what you can do to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 41% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title for the person named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | BASEONBALLS | 11 | Batter's reward after pitches like those described at the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 40% | BUTTHEADS | 9 | Disagree ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 49-Across |
| 40% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 40% | BEARSFRUIT | 10 | Pays off ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 47-Across |
| 40% | PIECEOFCAKE | 11 | Easy-peasy ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 40% | GIRAFFE | 7 | Creature with distinctive features seen at the ends of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 24-Down |
| 40% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author born 9/21/1947 who penned the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 40% | 60S | 3 | Decade that spawned the slogan found at the starts of 19-, 31-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | FOURINHAND | 10 | Popular necktie knot ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 33- and 51-Across |