| 100% | HARRY | 5 | *"Happy birthday ___ Potter! For ideas on how to throw a magical birthday party, solve the clues at 28a, 36a, 60a, 7d, 39d, and 41d!" |
| 25% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 25% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 25% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 24% | ALEXANDER | 9 | "The Great" King of Macedonia... and a hint to solve 23a, 36a, 7d, and 26d |
| 24% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 24% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 24% | BYEBYEBIRDIE | 12 | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| 24% | CAKE | 4 | Birthday candle holder that goes with 24a, 28a, 36a, 49a, 7d and 41d |
| 24% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 23% | SPLIT | 5 | Small wine bottle, and a hint to solving the starred clues |
| 23% | THEFIXISIN | 10 | Outburst on discovering a rigged game, and how to "correct" the circled letters |
| 22% | WHATSTHEIRMO | 12 | "How do these people pull that off?" (and a hint to solving the starred clues) |
| 22% | FOOL | 4 | Happy April ___'s Day! Find synonyms for 48a in the words at 19a, 23a, 35a, 56a, 4d, and 39d |
| 22% | BRO | 3 | The ___/Manssiere, Kramer's business idea on "Seinfeld" where he and Frank make a bra for men |
| 22% | GINGERBREAD | 11 | Spiced holiday cookie... and a clue to solve 4a, 18a, 52a, 7d, 36d, and 48d. |
| 22% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 22% | TOP | 3 | With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across |
| 22% | TIM | 3 | (5/6)"On the way to 43d, we can also stop for a quick bite at ___ Hortons. Let's get some donuts and coffee, and be on our way!" |
| 22% | INES | 4 | To date, only the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima have earned a seven on this rating system (abbr.) |
| 22% | ACUTABOVE | 9 | On another level, or a clue to the starts of 3-, 4-, 11- and 27-Down |
| 22% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "You're on!" … and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| 22% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 22% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Freelance for extra income ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 22% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 22% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 22% | THINKBIG | 8 | "Shoot for the moon!" ... or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across |
| 21% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 21% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 21% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |