| 100% | SORARE | 6 | ''And what is __ as . . .'' |
| 91% | SILICONVALLEY | 13 | What 19 and 56 Across are credited as founding |
| 91% | DYES | 4 | What spinach leaves and beets can be used as |
| 88% | RTN | 3 | What Retro TV was known as previously, between 2005 and 2009 |
| 85% | PARADEBALLOON | 13 | What 20-, 31- and 40-Across were each introduced as by 47-Down |
| 80% | SANDWICHWRAPS | 13 | Flatbread lunch items ... and, as shown by circles, what 20-, 33- and 41-Across are? |
| 80% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| 76% | EYELESS | 7 | Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are |
| 75% | FILLINGUPWITHGAS | 16 | Pre-road trip detail ... and a hint to what certain parts of three long answers were doing as you solved them |
| 75% | TENORS | 6 | Choir section ... and what are missing from the starred clues |
| 73% | BAIT | 4 | What is used to lure something, such as fishes |
| 73% | UPENDED | 7 | Flipped ... and what four puzzle answers are? |
| 73% | AHI | 3 | What yellowfin is marketed as |
| 73% | PARENS | 6 | What “(” and “)” are, for short |
| 72% | TIME | 4 | What is measured by a clock Give off, as light |
| 72% | GRANDPARENTS | 12 | What were Russell and Anna Huxtable on "The Cosby Show"? |
| 71% | ANEEL | 5 | What the Grinch is ''charming as'' |
| 71% | ROBERTFROSTPOEM | 15 | What 17- and 39-Across is |
| 71% | PETS | 4 | What some fish are kept as |
| 71% | SMEAGOL | 7 | What Gollum was formerly known as |
| 71% | SIAM | 4 | What Thailand was previously known as |
| 71% | BURMA | 5 | What Myanmar was formerly known as |
| 71% | MAGICIANSTRICKS | 15 | What 20- and 37-Across are |
| 71% | BOROS | 5 | What Bklyn. and Staten I. are |
| 71% | GROUNDEDFORLIFE | 15 | . . . and as punishment, they were __ |
| 71% | SHELLCOMPANIES | 14 | Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters |
| 71% | WORKAROUNDS | 11 | Ways to sidestep obstacles, and what are found in this puzzle's circles |
| 71% | THESHIFTKEY | 11 | What is being held in 17-, 32-, 38- and 45-Across |
| 71% | CARROT | 6 | What is dangled metaphorically as a reward to gain a favor |
| 71% | SEED | 4 | What is planted in the soil and could become a tree? |