| 100% | STORE | 5 | Workplace for the person named at the end of 20-, 25-, 45- or 52-Across |
| 55% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title for the person named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 46% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Channel for the character named by the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 59-Across |
| 45% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 44% | ITSTIMETOROLL | 13 | "Let's go!" ... or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 43% | FLY | 3 | Cool, in dated slang, and what can follow the ends of 20-, 25-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 43% | WOOD | 4 | With 68-Across, a hint to the ends of 21-, 25-, 45- and 52-Across |
| 43% | SOAPS | 5 | Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 42% | DECKOFCARDS | 11 | Something with which you might do the actions at the ends of 20-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 42% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 52-, and 62-Across |
| 42% | NBA | 3 | Org. whose only members with nonplural names appear at the ends of 17-, 25-, 41- and 56-Across |
| 42% | ORCHESTRA | 9 | Musical group, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 37- and 52-Across |
| 41% | NBA | 3 | League whose 2023 Finals participants are mentioned at the ends of 20- and 28-Across, and 45- and 50-Across |
| 41% | WHATSCRACKING | 13 | Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across |
| 41% | JRS | 3 | People with II at the end of their full name, briefly |
| 39% | CIVILRIGHTS | 11 | Cause championed by the figures named at the ends of 16-, 22- and 47-Across |
| 39% | TIMEINABOTTLE | 13 | Classic Jim Croce song, or a stretch for the ends of 19-, 25-, and 49-Across? |
| 39% | CONTROLGROUP | 12 | Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
| 39% | TVDETECTIVE | 11 | What each of the characters named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across is |
| 39% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 38% | AYE | 3 | Vote heard on the floor ... and at the end of 20-, 31-, 35- and 50-Across? |
| 38% | DAILY | 5 | With 72-Across, the end of 20-, 37-, 44- or 59-Across |
| 38% | BERRY | 5 | It can follow the end of 20-, 26-, 43- or 54-Across |
| 38% | AMATTEROFTIME | 13 | Bound to happen sooner or later ... or a literal description of the ends of the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45-Across |
| 37% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 9/26/1957 Broadway debut featuring the consecutive songs found at the start of 20-Across, the middle of 25-Across and the end of 43-Across |
| 37% | NFL | 3 | Org. that's home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 37% | GARDENHOSE | 10 | Backyard item with settings found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 47-Across |
| 37% | SKATEPARK | 9 | Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across |
| 37% | JOKE | 4 | Word that may follow the start of 20-, 25-, 44- or 50-Across |
| 37% | FOURTIMECHAMP | 13 | [Prediction:] Lance Armstrong, at the end of the 2003 20-Across |