| 100% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| 64% | FREEASSOCIATION | 15 | How to solve this puzzle's starred clues |
| 56% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear |
| 55% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 55% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 49% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 49% | ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING | 19 | "We all see the obvious here, right?," and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? |
| 48% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | NOIFSANDSORBUTS | 15 | Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues? |
| 46% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 46% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 46% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | FLIP | 4 | Action you need to take to understand this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 44% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites … or instructions for answering this puzzle's starred clues |
| 44% | PUTNI6ELETTERSINORDER | 21 | How to get this puzzle's final word |
| 43% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 43% | TAKEALETTER | 11 | Dictator's order, and how to make sense of the answers to the starred clues, in two ways |
| 43% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 42% | THEBRONTES | 10 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 42% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef quoted in this puzzle's starred clues |
| 41% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Basic auto maintenance, and how each answer to a starred clue was created |
| 41% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 41% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | SHORTTERM | 9 | Temporary ... and how both ends of the answers to starred clues might be described |
| 41% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |