| 100% | HOUSE | 5 | Word that can follow the end of 21-, 33-, 43- or 56-Across |
| 72% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 16-, 22-, 31-, 40-, 45- or 56-Across |
| 66% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 66% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 66% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 66% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 65% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 65% | DANCE | 5 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across |
| 58% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 58% | NOTE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 20- and 54-Across and 4- and 26-Down |
| 58% | CRACKER | 7 | Word that can follow the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 56% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 56% | BACK | 4 | Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across |
| 55% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | BERRY | 5 | It can follow the end of 20-, 26-, 43- or 54-Across |
| 55% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 55% | WAR | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 15-, 18-, 34-, 48- or 55-Across |
| 55% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow the start of 18-, 24-, 38-, 53- or 61-Across |
| 55% | FRENCH | 6 | Word that can precede the start of 20-, 35-, 43- or 58-Across |
| 55% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 54% | CUT | 3 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 33-Down |
| 54% | BALLS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 21-, 58- and 64-Across and 3- and 40-Down |
| 53% | DAY | 3 | Word that can follow the first part or precede the second part of 22-, 28-, 46- or 55-Across |
| 52% | BOARD | 5 | Word that can follow the first words of 20-, 29-, 43- and 51-Across and 4-, 9-, 37- and 39-Down |
| 52% | BEAM | 4 | Smile (and a word that can follow the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down) |
| 51% | BEAST | 5 | Word that can follow "belly of the" or "nature of the" |
| 51% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 50% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 50% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 48% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |