| 100% | GATECHANGE | 10 | Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 80% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook ... or a literal hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 78% | ARTY | 4 | Pretentiously cultured, and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 78% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 78% | AYEAYE | 6 | "Yes, captain" ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 77% | ESCAPEE | 7 | Search dogs' target ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 77% | WISEOFF | 7 | Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 76% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 73% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | DEARJOHNLETTERS | 15 | Things used for dumping ... or a literal hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 72% | DOWNSIZE | 8 | Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 71% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 71% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | BREAKITUP | 9 | Stop a fight ... and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 68% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 67% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | WATER | 5 | Liquid whose chemical formula is a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 67% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "You're on!" … and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| 66% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Clandestine activity, and a hint to answering the starred clues |
| 66% | STUCKINARUT | 11 | Trapped by mundanity ... and hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 65% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |