| 100% | ANDABOTTLEOFRUM | 15 | Words after the starting syllables of 17-, 29- and 43-Across |
| 55% | HALL | 4 | Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 29-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 51% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |
| 50% | BOWLINGALLEY | 12 | Where you might roll the starts of 17-, 31-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 49% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 49% | OBEDIENCESCHOOL | 15 | Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 49% | HOLDSWATER | 10 | What a plausible theory does (and what the start of each of 17-, 28- and 43-Across does) |
| 49% | BESTMUSICAL | 11 | Award won by the starts of 17-, 25-, 39- and 52-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 48% | HEAD | 4 | Apt attachment to the starts of 14-, 17-, 35- and 43-Across |
| 48% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 47% | GREATWHITE | 10 | Words that can precede the starts of 20-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 46% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 46% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 46% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 27-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 46% | PING | 4 | With 57-Across, game that includes the starts of 17-, 29-, 48- and 64-Across |
| 46% | BRAIN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17-, 35- and 54-Across and 16-Down |
| 46% | KEEPSANEYEON | 12 | Looks after, as suggested by the last word of 20-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 45% | CALLS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17- and 61-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 45% | BROWN | 5 | Word that can precede the starts of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 35-Down |
| 45% | TREASUREMAP | 11 | Pirate's guide that's hinted at phonetically by the starts of 17-, 29- and 44-Across |
| 45% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |
| 45% | SOLD | 4 | Auctioneer's cry after the starts of 20-, 36- and 49-Across |
| 45% | STOPTHE | 7 | Words that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 45% | LICENSE | 7 | Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 29-Down |
| 45% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
| 44% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 44% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 44% | DANCE | 5 | Hint to the start of 17-, 31-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 44% | THANKSGIVINGDAY | 15 | Setting for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 44% | SHORTCUTS | 9 | Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across? |