| 100% | CAVEATS | 7 | "The answer is yes, but with a few ___ . . ." |
| 53% | INONEEARAND | 11 | With 113-Across, heard but disregarded ... or a hint to interpreting the Across answers with circled letters |
| 51% | TIME | 4 | Find the answer to the metaphor mystery: "I am a circle that bends, a ticking river that flows with no end" |
| 51% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 51% | TAKEABOW | 8 | Rihanna song with the lyrics "That was quite a show / Very entertaining / But it's over now" |
| 51% | PROTOZOA | 8 | "Breaking up with a boyfriend is always hard. But as they say, there are more ___ in the lower intestine": The Far Side |
| 50% | BUCATINI | 8 | Like spaghetti, but with a hole down the center |
| 50% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 50% | JEOPARDY | 8 | TV quiz show in which the answer is a question |
| 48% | POPE | 4 | "Is the ___ Catholic?" (rhetorical question with a "yes" answer) |
| 47% | IMMORTAL | 8 | A being with the inability to die |
| 46% | WORDLE | 6 | Guessing game where the answer can be false, but not true? |
| 46% | DHED | 4 | Was a swinger but didn’t play the field? |
| 46% | TWOPARTER | 9 | Story with a cliffhanger, perhaps, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 46% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | High-stakes gamble, and how the answers with circles can be read |
| 45% | SMASHING | 8 | With 45-Across, "Does the name contain a vegetable?" YES. "Is it a band fronted by Billy Corgan?" YES! |
| 45% | OPENENDED | 9 | A question with more than just yes or no answer |
| 45% | MUZZLE | 6 | The Pug is a small dog with a wrinkly, short __ |
| 45% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 45% | SILVER | 6 | The kind of spoon a wealthy person is born with |
| 45% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it couldn't last" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 45% | WRINKLEINTIME | 13 | With "A," classic science fantasy novel, and a feature of the theme answers |
| 45% | WALLFLOWERS | 11 | Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter |
| 45% | PUZZLE | 6 | Young kids will solve the ones with fewer pieces |
| 45% | BAMBI | 5 | 1942 movie with the song "Love Is a Song" |
| 45% | LEN | 3 | Goodman who was a "Dancing With the Stars" judge |
| 44% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 44% | ITSINTHERE | 10 | Longtime Prego slogan ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 44% | PAPERCUTTER | 11 | Stationery supply with a blade ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |