100% | HERESWHY | 8 | "Allow me to explain," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
86% | ALLEYESONME | 11 | "Pay close attention to what I'm doing," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
80% | ESPYAWARDS | 10 | Honors for athletes, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
79% | TUESDAY | 7 | Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
78% | SEE | 3 | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
74% | NOWISE | 6 | Without any chance at all (and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme) |
70% | HOLYCOW | 7 | "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
70% | BEQUIET | 7 | "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
70% | H2O | 3 | Fire fighter, familiarly … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
69% | AGELESS | 7 | Eternal, and a hint to this puzzle's phonetic theme |
69% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
69% | SNL | 3 | NBC fixture fond of wordplay, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's spoonerisms |
68% | ARGON | 5 | About 1% of Earth's atmosphere, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's gimmick |
67% | Y2K | 3 | Big scare of a couple of decades ago ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | THIRDEYEBLIND | 13 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
66% | ENDOW | 5 | Support with funding, and, if reparsed, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
66% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
65% | SEEYOU | 6 | "Later!" (and a phonetic clue to this puzzle's theme) |
65% | AAHS | 4 | Contented sighs (and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme) |
64% | INOVERTIME | 10 | When some contests are resolved, and a hint to ending this puzzle's theme answers |
64% | SEMICIRCLES | 11 | First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
64% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Something to "call me" per an old song … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
64% | THESOUNDOFMUSIC | 15 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
63% | DRINKSAREONME | 13 | "I've got this round!" ... or a literal hint to this puzzle's theme |
63% | DRINKSONME | 10 | "I'm paying for this round" … or a literal hint to this puzzle's theme |
62% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
60% | ITSGONNACOSTYOU | 15 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
60% | TURNCOAT | 8 | Traitor, and a literal hint to this puzzle's circles |
60% | BANDB | 5 | Place to stay, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
60% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |