| 100% | SEEYOUINCOURT | 13 | Words before legal action … or what one might exclaim to 19-, 24- and 45-Across? |
| 40% | TAKEYOURPICK | 12 | "Go ahead and choose one," and what one might say to a 19-, 30-, or 43-Across? |
| 38% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 35% | MAKETHECUT | 10 | Survive an audition, and what one may do to the start of 18-, 23-, 36-, or 54-Across? |
| 35% | BREAK | 5 | What one may do to 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 34% | TAPS | 4 | Bugle tune ... or what one does to 1-, 18-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across |
| 34% | TAKEANL | 7 | Accept defeat, informally … or what the last words of 19-, 24- and 49-Across do vis-à-vis the first |
| 33% | RELOCATIONS | 11 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? |
| 33% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 33% | FRAMEWORK | 9 | Basic structure, or what a 19-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across do? |
| 33% | CUTTHATOUT | 10 | "Stop!" ... or what you do to 18-, 24-, 40- and 54-Across |
| 33% | BREAD | 5 | What one might slice and toast ... or 25a in slang |
| 32% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 32% | ASHOTINTHEDARK | 14 | Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take? |
| 32% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 32% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 32% | HAUNTEDHOUSE | 12 | Halloween attraction, or what 19-, 27-/32-, and 42-Across all might be a part of? |
| 31% | WELCOMETOMY | 11 | With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across? |
| 31% | TIMEANDTIMEAGAIN | 16 | Repeatedly ... or what can precede both halves of the answers to 19-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across? |
| 31% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 31% | OPENFORBUSINESS | 15 | Sign outside a new store, or what the first words of 18-, 24-, 52-, and 59-Across can do? |
| 30% | GIVEITAREST | 11 | "Enough already!" or what one may do to each answer to a starred clue |
| 30% | PET | 3 | Furry friend, or what you might do to one |
| 30% | CHANGELANES | 11 | What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across |
| 29% | SPOILER | 7 | "___ alert!" (what one might exclaim before talking about a new movie) |
| 29% | TAKEASWING | 10 | Try to hit, or what one can do with the ends of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
| 29% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 29% | SYNESTHESIA | 11 | Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words |
| 29% | ELMERSGLUE | 10 | What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together |
| 29% | TRACKCHANGES | 12 | Microsoft Word feature, or what 20-, 28- and 42-Across may focus on |