100% | BEQUIET | 7 | "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
84% | HOLYCOW | 7 | "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
82% | H2O | 3 | Fire fighter, familiarly … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
77% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
76% | SEACREATURE | 11 | Aquatic denizen … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's circled words |
76% | THIRDEYEBLIND | 13 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
73% | RAISEDRIGHT | 11 | Brought up properly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
73% | Y2K | 3 | Big scare of a couple of decades ago ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
72% | ESPYAWARDS | 10 | Honors for athletes, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
71% | NOWISE | 6 | Without any chance at all (and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme) |
70% | PARESDOWN | 9 | Gradually trims … or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
70% | NOUSE | 5 | Pointless, or a phonetic hint to five of this puzzle's long answers |
68% | FRESHPAIROFEYES | 15 | New look provider ... or a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | HERESWHY | 8 | "Allow me to explain," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | EMPTYBOXES | 10 | Moving aids, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | SWITCHJOBS | 10 | Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | AGELESS | 7 | Eternal, and a hint to this puzzle's phonetic theme |
67% | ONAMARCH | 8 | Parading ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | ADDICT | 6 | Fiend … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | APART | 5 | Separate ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | CATCHINGSOMEZZ | 14 | Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | ELONGATE | 8 | Stretch ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme? |
67% | SIDESPLITTING | 13 | Hilarious ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | TRIO | 4 | Threesome ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
67% | SIDENOTES | 9 | Marginalia … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
66% | TUESDAY | 7 | Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
66% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
66% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Orbiting debris, or a hint to this puzzle's theme foods |
65% | PUTONESFINGERON | 15 | Identify exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
65% | SHRUNKENHEADS | 13 | Primitive trophies ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |