| 100% | ETTU | 4 | Words of disbelief found in the four longest Across entries |
| 58% | POL | 3 | Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers |
| 57% | TOM | 3 | Turkey found in the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | SKI | 3 | Downhill runner found in the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | POLL | 4 | Voting process found in the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | CRATE | 5 | Boxing container found in the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | OSCAR | 5 | Golden boy found in the four long Across answers |
| 55% | BAT | 3 | Fly-by-night creature found in the four longest Across answers |
| 49% | FAN | 3 | Devotee found hiding in the four longest entries |
| 49% | THREE | 5 | Number of words in the four longest answers |
| 47% | ICE | 3 | Word in the center of all three long entries |
| 47% | CPAS | 4 | Summers found in the four longest answers |
| 46% | CALM | 4 | Inner peace, incorporated in the four longest Across answers |
| 46% | CARS | 4 | They're ''parked'' in the four longest Across answers |
| 46% | PCORMAC | 7 | What's hidden in the four longest Across answers |
| 44% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 43% | SCALE | 5 | What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
| 43% | DRAMA | 5 | The four longest Across answers can cause it, and their last words suggest it |
| 43% | BENTOUTOFSHAPE | 14 | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| 43% | TOE | 3 | Stocking stuffer found in the long Across answers |
| 42% | YAM | 3 | Thanksgiving side dish found in the longest Across answers |
| 42% | TALC | 4 | Soft rock found in the eight longest Across answers |
| 42% | HIDDENTAX | 9 | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 41% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 40% | ELA | 3 | Portuguese word found in the middle of "delay" |
| 40% | REAR | 4 | Word hidden in each of the theme entries |
| 40% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four state capitals |
| 39% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 39% | VET | 3 | November honoree who can be found in the middle of 17, 29, 46, and 62 Across |
| 39% | DIR | 3 | Any of the four words hidden in 17-, 26-, 43- and 56-Across: Abbr. |