| 100% | REHEM | 5 | A way to alter the length of a trouser |
| 60% | HEMS | 4 | Alters the length of a skirt, say |
| 58% | MEASURED | 8 | Used a ruler to find the length of something |
| 56% | BASE | 4 | Length needed to calculate the area of a triangle |
| 56% | ABELINCOLN | 10 | Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats |
| 55% | ABEAM | 5 | At right angles to the length of a ship |
| 54% | AREA | 4 | Square the length of a square's side to find it |
| 54% | HEMS | 4 | Adjusts the length of, in a way |
| 54% | TIMES | 5 | Measures the length of, in a way |
| 52% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 51% | STERN | 5 | From stem to ___ (along the whole length of a ship) |
| 51% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |
| 51% | TBAR | 4 | One way to the top of a mountain |
| 49% | REHEM | 5 | Alter the length of |
| 49% | ITSAWHOLETHING | 14 | "Too complicated to explain," and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 48% | EGG | 3 | The hundred folds on a chef's toque are said to represent the number of ways to prepare this |
| 48% | STEERED | 7 | Altered the direction of a vehicle |
| 48% | CTRL | 4 | Key to the right of Alt on one side of a Windows keyboard |
| 48% | DIAGONALPARKING | 15 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words |
| 47% | EDITS | 5 | Alters the text of a rough draft |
| 47% | WOO | 3 | Way to seek the attention of someone |
| 47% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 47% | AVATAR | 6 | "___: The Way of Water" (sequel to a 2009 James Cameron blockbuster) |
| 47% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 47% | RADIUS | 6 | Half the length of a diameter |
| 46% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 46% | DOCTOREDUP | 10 | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | ETC | 3 | A substitute to limit the number of examples: Abbr. |
| 46% | SEAM | 4 | Line down the length of a skirt |
| 46% | HEM | 3 | Adjust, as the length of a skirt |