| 100% | BEAST | 5 | Word that can follow "belly of the" or "nature of the" |
| 76% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 75% | HOUSE | 5 | Word that can follow the end of 21-, 33-, 43- or 56-Across |
| 75% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 75% | WAR | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 15-, 18-, 34-, 48- or 55-Across |
| 75% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 75% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- or 61-Across |
| 75% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 75% | DAY | 3 | Word that can follow the first part or precede the second part of 22-, 28-, 46- or 55-Across |
| 74% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 16-, 22-, 31-, 40-, 45- or 56-Across |
| 70% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 68% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | POWER | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 67% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 66% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | BRAID | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 4-, 7- and 10-Down |
| 65% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 65% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 65% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 65% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 65% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 65% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 65% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of 17-, 25-, 37-, 52- or 62-Across |
| 65% | CHEST | 5 | Word that can follow the first parts of 20-, 31-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 65% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 65% | DOG | 3 | Word that can follow the first parts of 19-, 32-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 65% | LIST | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across |
| 65% | MATTER | 6 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across |
| 65% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |