| 100% | DIES | 4 | With 69-Across, Requiem hymn |
| 64% | AID | 3 | Verb associated with 69 Across |
| 62% | TOMORROWISALONG | 15 | With 69 Across, Bob Dylan song about the future |
| 56% | SKIP | 4 | With 69-Across, split |
| 55% | TEENY | 5 | With 69-Across, really small |
| 55% | HEX | 3 | With 69-Across, metal fastener |
| 54% | FRENCH | 6 | With 69-Across, burger go-with |
| 54% | MABELL | 6 | With 69-Across, bygone phone message |
| 54% | SAMMY | 5 | With 69-Across, 1930s-'50s bandleader |
| 54% | BIG | 3 | With 69-Across, V.I.P. |
| 54% | HOME | 4 | With 69-Across, advantage in sports |
| 54% | PAGEANTS | 8 | Events with 69-Acrosses |
| 53% | BEING | 5 | With 69-Across, song from 20-Across |
| 53% | HALF | 4 | With 69-Across, ship of 55-Across |
| 53% | STEVEN | 6 | With 69-Across, asker of the question |
| 52% | ADAM | 4 | With 69-Across, caped crusader player of 1966 |
| 51% | SPICE | 5 | With 69-Across, locales for this puzzle's theme |
| 51% | PROTEAN | 7 | With 69-Across, Longtime Penn State head coach * Versatile |
| 50% | TOP | 3 | With 69-Across, a film with 27- and 64-Across |
| 50% | POORMARK | 8 | With 69-Across and 69-Down, what these answers show |
| 50% | PETE | 4 | With 69-Across, baseball great with 2,165 career runs |
| 49% | MONO | 4 | With 69-Across, what each set of letters in parentheses represents |
| 48% | GETTINGONESDUCKS | 16 | With 69-Across, organizational process implied by eight answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | KENJENNINGS | 11 | ... and 69-Across have affiliations with "Jeopardy!" |
| 46% | IRAE | 4 | Requiem hymn word |
| 45% | DIESIRAE | 8 | Requiem hymn: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | FOUR | 4 | With 69-Across, childish taunt ... and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues |
| 44% | HECKLER | 7 | 69 Across for a comic |
| 43% | TALE | 4 | See 69 Across |