| 100% | INLIVINGCOLOR | 13 | 1990s sketch comedy show, or how you'll see the creatures in this puzzle |
| 35% | ATOZ | 4 | The works ... or how each set of circled letters in this puzzle is arranged |
| 34% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 33% | INLIVINGCOLOR | 13 | 1990s sketch comedy show featuring 45-Across as a member of The Fly Girls dance troupe (3 wds.) |
| 33% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Host of a 1990s sketch comedy show who starred in and wrote both "Zoolander" movies (2 wds.) |
| 32% | APPEARED | 8 | Showed up, like the fruits in this puzzle |
| 32% | COP | 3 | Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case] |
| 32% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| 32% | OUTOFSORTS | 10 | Irritable ... or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 31% | SEVERAL | 7 | Four or five, or how to make the theme answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 30% | SNL | 3 | NBC's sketch comedy show that was hosted by the athletes mentioned in 20a, 31a, 1d, 29d, and 42d: Abbr. |
| 30% | INLIVINGCOLOR | 13 | Sketch comedy show that launched Jim Carrey and Jennifer Lopez, and a hint to the titles in 17-, 28-, 44- and 60-Across |
| 30% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30% | RAMP | 4 | What each circled model in this puzzle ascends or descends, and what's spelled by the letters where the models cross |
| 29% | FOREST | 6 | What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? |
| 29% | XBOX | 4 | Gaming console, or what you can find literally depicted in this puzzle |
| 29% | DOTHEMATH | 9 | "Figure it out!" … or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues |
| 29% | ITSON | 5 | "I'll see you in the parking lot!" |
| 29% | NINE | 4 | See 14 Across ... or the number of interconnected Monday puzzles before this one, starting with 3/15 |
| 29% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | TV show that concluded with the line “I’ll see you again in twenty-five years” |
| 29% | COLOR | 5 | "In Living ___" (1990s sketch comedy show) |
| 29% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 28% | NOSMALLFEET | 11 | What you'll see in the Chicago Bulls' locker room? |
| 28% | DIGITALDEAGING | 14 | What you'll see in the latest Indy Jones film |
| 28% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy show currently in its 49th season: Abbr. |
| 28% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 28% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy show on NBC which Ellen DeGeneres has hosted in the past: Abbr. |
| 28% | SUN | 3 | "Never saw the ___ shining so bright" (lyric of the song shown in this puzzle) |
| 28% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |