| 100% | DIFFRENTSTROKES | 15 | '70s-'80s series about the Drummond family ... and what the starts of four long answers are |
| 55% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 53% | MIXEDGREENS | 11 | Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are? |
| 53% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 50% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 48% | CLUBSANDWICH | 12 | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| 48% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 47% | HAILSTONE | 9 | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| 47% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 47% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 46% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 46% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 45% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 45% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 44% | MOVIETRAILER | 12 | Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise? |
| 44% | STEAKDINNER | 11 | Meal suggested by the starts of four long answers |
| 44% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 44% | NONO | 4 | Forbidden thing, and what each of four long answers is? |
| 43% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 43% | TAKEASEAT | 9 | Relax, and what the starts of the starred answers can do |
| 43% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 43% | BENTOUTOFSHAPE | 14 | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| 43% | NOTFITFORTHEJOB | 15 | Like the start of four long answers, vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 43% | HEEEEERESJOHNNY | 15 | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 43% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 41% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 41% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |