| 100% | BUTTOUT | 7 | "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle |
| 59% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 58% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 55% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 55% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 54% | MINDOVERMATTER | 14 | Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | MICROBREW | 9 | Craft beer . . . and a hint to the contents of four squares in this puzzle |
| 54% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 53% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 53% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 53% | BANANA | 6 | With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 53% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 52% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 50% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 50% | HAMMEDITUP | 10 | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 50% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 50% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 50% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | ILLSECONDTHAT | 13 | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| 49% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 49% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | CABLEBOXES | 10 | TV adjuncts ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | CHECKPOINTS | 11 | Border stops ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | BLACKFRIDAY | 11 | Time of annual madness ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |