| 100% | SOUTHSEVENSTEPS | 15 | "Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___" |
| 29% | BREAKAWAY | 9 | 2004 album by 28-Across with the hit singles "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes" |
| 28% | STARTATTHESKULL | 15 | "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___" |
| 27% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 26% | QUALIFIED | 9 | Someone with the right training is this |
| 26% | KIDS | 4 | With 70- and 71-Across, what the middle of this puzzle is |
| 26% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 25% | WORDSPRONOUNCED | 15 | With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are |
| 25% | HERO | 4 | Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 25% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 25% | HERO | 4 | 1993 Mariah Carey song with the lyrics "So when you feel like hope is gone / Look inside you and be strong" |
| 25% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 25% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 25% | WOODYALLENFILMS | 15 | What the answers to starred clues are (their creator turned 85 this month) |
| 24% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 24% | SPLIT | 5 | With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? |
| 24% | ITSAPROCESS | 11 | "Creativity isn't linear, so I'm just going with the flow right now ..." |
| 24% | OUTOF | 5 | Lacking, and what can go with each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 24% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 24% | END | 3 | What this clue is, with "the" |
| 24% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 24% | DOWNTOASCIENCE | 14 | Implementable with expertise and expert ease … or how the starred clues' answers can be taken? |
| 24% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 24% | HEADLIGHT | 9 | Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 24% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Exasperated cry when trashing a draft, and where to go to answer the clues with slashes |
| 23% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 23% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 23% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 23% | BACKPACK | 8 | Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 23% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |