100% | STIR | 4 | "___ to dissolve" (line in the directions for making Kool-Aid) |
44% | IVORY | 5 | Brand of soap flakes that was often used in the 1920s to make fake snow for Christmas decorations |
43% | ALPHABETICALLY | 14 | How to link the 12 letters in this puzzle with a single line to make a picture |
42% | ASCENDING | 9 | In the other direction to descending |
42% | BOUNDARY | 8 | Line in the sand or line on a map, for example |
42% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
41% | HOLE | 4 | Step 3 of making a birdhouse: Cut out a ___ in one of the walls to make place for entry |
41% | UPWARDS | 7 | Going in the opposite direction to down |
40% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
40% | GILMOREGIRLS | 12 | Dramedy series in which Rory attempts to make the world's biggest pizza for her mother's 35th birthday (2 wds.) |
40% | UPKEY | 5 | Aid in scrolling to the top |
40% | BACKCOMB | 8 | Brush hair in the wrong direction for extra volume |
39% | HEIR | 4 | ___ to the throne (next in line) |
39% | HEIR | 4 | __ to the throne; next in line |
39% | WEST | 4 | Direction for one who's been in Benin to go to Togo |
39% | TBA | 3 | Up in the air, as what to air, for short |
39% | OVERT | 5 | Out in the open for all to see |
39% | PERTINENT | 9 | For every tent in order, to the point |
39% | ONED | 4 | Made in the A.M. band, to fans |
39% | LIRR | 4 | Line to the Hamptons, for short |
39% | ELDEST | 6 | First in line to the throne |
39% | HEIR | 4 | First in line to the throne |
39% | NEXT | 4 | Word to the first in line |
39% | HEIR | 4 | One in line for the throne |
39% | HEIR | 4 | Next in line for the throne |
38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument heard in the intro to Madonna's "Crazy for You" |
38% | HEMP | 4 | Plant in the cannabis family that's used to make rope |
38% | ESTE | 4 | Direction in which the sun rises, to a Spanish |
38% | WNW | 3 | Direction opposite to the word seen in 36d: Abbr. |
38% | HAUL | 4 | In it for the long ___ (not about to quit) |