| 100% | IPASS | 5 | Words from the holder of a weak hand |
| 52% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 51% | SPA | 3 | Word derived from the name of a Belgian town |
| 49% | IMIT | 4 | Starting words from the tagger in a game of tag |
| 49% | IPASS | 5 | Words from somebody with a weak hand |
| 48% | COMEONLINES | 11 | Words from a pickup artist, and, if reinterpreted, each of the four theme answers |
| 48% | ELLIPSIS | 8 | The omission of words from a text, shown by dots |
| 46% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | Words from a friendly bartender, and a description of the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 45% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | Welcome words from a bartender, and where to find the ends of 17-, 30-, and 46-Across? |
| 45% | BUSINESSEND | 11 | Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 44% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word from the Greek for "not a place" |
| 44% | CHEERS | 6 | Rallying words from fans in the stands, or a cry to mark the New Year's tradition of raising glasses |
| 44% | ZEITGEIST | 9 | Word from the German for "spirit of the age" |
| 43% | LETSBEGIN | 9 | Words at the start of a lesson |
| 43% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat |
| 43% | IMFREE | 6 | Words at the end of a sentence? |
| 43% | ENDORSEHERE | 11 | Words on the back of a check |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Word signaling the end of a match |
| 43% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of a prayer |
| 43% | THUS | 4 | Word at the start of a conclusion |
| 43% | START | 5 | Word near the entrance of a maze |
| 43% | END | 3 | Word denoting the completion of a movie |
| 43% | THUS | 4 | Word at the beginning of a conclusion |
| 43% | ADD | 3 | Word near the bottom of a dipstick |
| 43% | ADD | 3 | Word toward the bottom of a dipstick |
| 43% | LIBERTY | 7 | Word on the front of a dime |
| 43% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the conclusion of a prayer |
| 43% | TOTAL | 5 | Word at the bottom of a receipt |
| 43% | START | 5 | Word at the beginning of a maze |
| 43% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |