| 100% | WOLFTURN | 8 | "Lupine" maneuver on the balance beam (and a description of the last part of 12 Across) |
| 48% | MOUNTAINEER | 11 | One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb |
| 48% | BACKFLOW | 8 | Returning movement of water (and a description of the first part of 15 Across) |
| 47% | LINEDANCING | 11 | Honky-tonk activity, and a description of the first parts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
| 45% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | RECYCLEDPARTS | 13 | Junkyard buys, and a hint to the last parts of 20-, 35- and 40-Across |
| 44% | GIMMEABREAK | 11 | "You gotta be joking!" and a hint to the last parts of 21-, 31- and 42-Across |
| 41% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 40% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 40% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Hair problem ... which can describe the last parts of 9 and 11 Across |
| 39% | SWIPERIGHT | 10 | Indicate willingness to date someone, on Tinder ... and an apt hint to the last part of 17-, 23-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 39% | SELLBYDATES | 11 | Labels on grocery store products, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the right side of the puzzle |
| 39% | TRIALBYFIRE | 11 | Pressure-filled ordeal, and a description of the juxtaposed circled words on the left side of the puzzle |
| 38% | CLUES | 5 | Parts of a crossword that the constructor works on last |
| 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 |
| 38% | BUSINESSEND | 11 | Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across? |
| 38% | SCRAMBLEDEGGS | 13 | Breakfast order ... and a hint to the last words of 17-, 26-, 51- and 58-Across |
| 37% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 37% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 37% | LINE | 4 | Synonym of the last parts of 17- and 66-Across and 10- and 30-Down |
| 37% | SPARE | 5 | Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 37% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 37% | DOLLARBILL | 10 | Its back features the last parts of 17-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 37% | ITMEANSALOT | 11 | “That’s so nice of you” . . . and a literal description of the last word in 17-, 21-, 39-, or 57-Across |
| 37% | GUNS | 4 | Shooters, and a word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 40- and 64-Across and 11- and 30-Down |
| 36% | DESIGNATED | 10 | Word that can precede the last parts of 17-Across and 10- and 25-Down |
| 36% | MIXEDFRUIT | 10 | Sweet snack, and a description of the first words of the starred answers |
| 36% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 36% | FOOTBRIDGES | 11 | Pedestrians' spans, and a description of the circled words |
| 36% | LANDSLIDES | 10 | Earth movements, and a description of the circled letters |