| 100% | FRENCHCONFECTION | 16 | ... an éclair or crème brûlée, with "The"? |
| 63% | PAVE | 4 | Coat the road or an area with a hard substance |
| 63% | REEVE | 5 | Superman portrayer, with or without an "s" at the end |
| 63% | THOTH | 5 | Egyptian deity depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon |
| 59% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 55% | COCKATOO | 8 | Bird with an erectile crest, such as the sulphur-crested — or umbrella — |
| 55% | RED | 3 | ___ Leicester, an English cheese named after the city of Leicester, which was originally colored with carrot or beetroot juice |
| 54% | EYETO | 5 | With an ___ the future |
| 53% | THOTH | 5 | God with the head of an ibis |
| 53% | MARITIME | 8 | Connected with the sea or naval affairs |
| 53% | MINDED | 6 | Like __; with the same opinions or views |
| 52% | POD | 3 | With the previous word, one piece of an Apple earphone |
| 52% | AIR | 3 | With the next word, one piece of an Apple earphone |
| 52% | GANESH | 6 | Hindu god with the head of an elephant |
| 52% | ATHENA | 6 | Greek goddess with the symbol of an owl |
| 52% | GANESHA | 7 | Hindu god with the head of an elephant |
| 52% | TAP | 3 | Select with the finger, as an iPhone icon |
| 52% | CAMETOFILE | 10 | *Arrived with the aim of organizing an office? |
| 52% | SMOTE | 5 | Struck, as with the jawbone of an ass |
| 52% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the 2014 album "Rock or Bust" |
| 52% | OTOWN | 5 | Boy band with the song “All or Nothing” |
| 52% | FREEFORM | 8 | With an irregular shape or design |
| 52% | PRICE | 5 | The cost associated with an item |
| 51% | GOING | 5 | With the circled letters (literally!), two options when riding an elevator |
| 51% | CHOIR | 5 | It often functions with the help of an organ |
| 51% | TOMAHAWK | 8 | US missile with the name of an Algonquin chopper |
| 51% | CROISSANT | 9 | Pastry with the same shape as an Argentine medialuna |
| 51% | SANTAAY | 7 | Song with the lyric "Been an awful good girl" |
| 51% | ORCA | 4 | Marine mammal with the same colors as an Oreo |