| 100% | COURTESY | 8 | "When restraint and ___ are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible": Gandhi |
| 42% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 41% | LEAPYEAR | 8 | When February 29 is added to the calendar: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OMEN | 4 | Singular noun that, when a "w" is added to the front, becomes a plural noun |
| 40% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument when "F" is added to the start of its name |
| 40% | EVER | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front |
| 40% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 39% | ASP | 3 | Animal that becomes another animal when w is added to the beginning of its name |
| 39% | HIS | 3 | Pronoun that becomes a different pronoun when T is added to the front |
| 38% | RAYON | 5 | Fabric that becomes a coloring stick when a "c" is added to the front |
| 38% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 38% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 37% | ATLAS | 5 | Book that becomes a synonym for "Finally!" when "t" is added to the end |
| 37% | BAN | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" |
| 36% | PILOT | 5 | What Barbie becomes when she takes to the skies and flies planes |
| 36% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 36% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 35% | BEHINDTIME | 10 | Later than expected ... and where the ends of the answers to starred clues may be found |
| 35% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 35% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |
| 35% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 35% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 35% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 35% | RIDER | 5 | It may be added to the bill |
| 35% | CHEX | 4 | It may be added to the mix |
| 35% | SHORT | 5 | "This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is it?" |
| 34% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 34% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid] |
| 34% | ELISSA | 6 | Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when an "M" is added to the front |
| 34% | CALORIES | 8 | What's been added to the starred answers |