| 100% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | "They're going to make such good parents!" and "What a cute onesie!"? |
| 36% | AMP | 3 | What makes a concert go from loud to LOUD, for short |
| 34% | CUTRATE | 7 | Cheap, and what you must do to five Across answers to make them match their clues |
| 34% | IBEFOREE | 8 | General spelling rule, and what must be imagined in the starred clues to make them accurate |
| 34% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across |
| 34% | TAILLIGHT | 9 | Rear warning lamp, and what can go with the end of each answer to a starred clue |
| 34% | GOGREEN | 7 | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| 34% | DUNGEONS | 8 | They go with Dragons to make a roleplaying game |
| 34% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 33% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 33% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 33% | DIAMONDS | 8 | They're a girl's best friend, according to Marilyn |
| 33% | ACTUP | 5 | Make mischief, and a hint to what's found in 3-, 5-, 7-, 34- and 38-Down |
| 33% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 32% | POTTERYSTUDIO | 13 | Where Clay went to make a ceramic vase? |
| 32% | TRIAL | 5 | What a case may go to |
| 32% | ADULTSITE | 9 | What a blue link goes to? |
| 32% | BACKROADS | 9 | They're off the beaten path, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 32% | GRABFORTYINKS | 13 | What an exhausted, but enthusiastic, tattooist might do if asked to go and get supplies in a variety of colors? |
| 32% | GETSTHEOK | 9 | Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across |
| 32% | ARREST | 6 | What a good tip can lead to |
| 32% | PHD | 3 | What a good defense might lead to |
| 32% | POLISH | 6 | To make a surface shiny and smooth |
| 32% | EAT | 3 | ... and what to do with them |
| 32% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 32% | FOOD | 4 | Something to eat... and what goes around and comes back around in a microwave |
| 32% | CANS | 4 | They're sometimes tied to the back of a bride and groom's car |
| 31% | ROUNDTRIP | 9 | Going to visit a place and coming back |
| 31% | SON | 3 | What a male child is to his parents |
| 31% | BAR | 3 | What a pole-vaulter tries to go over |