| 100% | TELLTALE | 8 | "The ___ signs of a budding romance is hard to miss." (revealing) |
| 44% | SATE | 4 | ''The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to __'': Le Guin |
| 43% | JOINER | 6 | Person likely to be at the top of a sign-up sheet |
| 40% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which the hook is attached |
| 40% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 40% | KAFKA | 5 | He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die" |
| 40% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| 40% | FOUND | 5 | ___ to be missing, oxymoron that describes the case of a missing Christmas pie |
| 40% | APE | 3 | Resident of a planet that (spoiler alert) is revealed to be Earth |
| 40% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 40% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 39% | SPARKS | 6 | Symbols of a budding romance |
| 39% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 39% | OREGON | 6 | State revealed to be home of The Simpsons in 2012 |
| 39% | BONO | 4 | First musician to be a ''Time'' Person of the Year |
| 38% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 38% | HAIR | 4 | "Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s |
| 38% | ASHE | 4 | Author of “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” |
| 38% | ASHE | 4 | Author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" |
| 38% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | “A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete” author |
| 38% | EPCOTCENTER | 11 | Attraction in 69-Across designed to be a "city of the future" |
| 38% | VIEIRA | 6 | Meredith of the "Today" show and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 38% | CANTSAYSURE | 11 | Is unable to pronounce the name of a deodorant brand? |
| 38% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 38% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 38% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 37% | VICIOUSCYCLES | 13 | Hard patterns to break ... or a punny description of the climbs up the circled letters |
| 37% | LIBERTY | 7 | The Statue of ___, symbol of alliance that was a gift from France to the US |
| 37% | ASHE | 4 | "A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete" author Arthur |
| 37% | YANKEES | 7 | "The Pride of the ___," 1942 sports drama which is a tribute to Lou Gehrig |