| 100% | BAR | 3 | Word defined by 17-, 25-, 35-, 45- and 58-Across |
| 53% | PAN | 3 | Word defined by 17- and 59-Across and 10- and 24-Down |
| 52% | THECARPENTERS | 13 | Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 46% | MATINEEIDOL | 11 | Figure described by the first words of 17-, 28- and 45-Across |
| 45% | CRANE | 5 | Word defined by 20-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 45% | DONTSWEATIT | 11 | Reassuring words ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 43% | ALWAYSGOTOOTHER | 15 | With 25-, 45- and 58-Across, some advice by 36-Across |
| 43% | TWENTYQUESTIONS | 15 | Game suggested by the first words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across |
| 43% | NOMANISANISLAND | 15 | John Donne quote disproved by 17-, 25- and 43-Across? |
| 42% | LACKOFCHARACTER | 15 | Amorality ... as suggested by 17-, 25- and 41-Across? |
| 42% | WELLROUNDED | 11 | Like 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across? |
| 41% | WESTPOINT | 9 | School whose motto consists of the last words of 17-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 40% | GOWESTYOUNGMAN | 14 | Horace Greeley's advice, as followed by 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across? |
| 40% | MIDASTOUCH | 10 | Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three words, what happens in 17-, 21-, 35-, 45- and 54-Across |
| 40% | THEHIDDENAGENDA | 15 | What conspiracy theorists look for (as hinted at by 17-, 25- and 42-Across) |
| 39% | OTANNENBAUM | 11 | Seasonal song with a hint to the last words in 17-, 25-, 37- and 45-Across |
| 39% | MISTERINBETWEEN | 15 | Fellow in a 1944 Johnny Mercer song hinted at by 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 38% | TWOHANDS | 8 | Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 38% | OREO | 4 | It's "sandwiched" in 17-, 23-, 35-, 45- and 56-Across |
| 38% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed |
| 38% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | Speaker of the quip revealed by the ends of the answers to 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 38% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 37% | FOODCOURT | 9 | Legal setting for 17-, 25-, 45- and 53-Across? |
| 37% | ALLTHUMBS | 9 | Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 36% | THINKBIG | 8 | "Shoot for the moon!" ... or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 36% | POT | 3 | Word that defines 21- and 55-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 35% | DIASTEMA | 8 | Formal term for the gap suggested by 17/18-, 35/37- and 54/57-Across |
| 35% | INCORRECTCHANGE | 15 | Cashier's error, as suggested by 17-, 22-, 47- and 58-Across? |
| 35% | NIGHT | 5 | Word that can precede either part of 17-, 25-, 38-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 34% | BLOODTYPE | 9 | Classification suggested by the beginning of 17-, 25-, 37- and 53-Across |