| 100% | WORLDDOMINATION | 15 | Ambitious objective for, um, a total villain, not a human like me! How did this answer even get in here? *Nervous synthetic laugh* |
| 23% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 23% | SAY | 3 | "Do I get a ___ in this decision?" |
| 22% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 22% | YELL | 4 | Do not do this in a library |
| 22% | FROMTHEBOTTOMTOTHETOP | 21 | How a team making a dramatic turnaround can go ... and a hint for how you must enter 15 answers in this puzzle |
| 22% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 22% | AHEM | 4 | "Can I get a word in here?" |
| 22% | BANGTHETUMSSLOWLY | 17 | How do I get these tablets out of the bottle? |
| 21% | EIGHTY | 6 | You might get a ticket for doing this |
| 21% | EVEN | 4 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 21% | ODD | 3 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 21% | FIBONACCI | 9 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 21% | SQUARE | 6 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 21% | PRIME | 5 | Like the two 40-Across in the grid for this answer |
| 21% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 21% | SHOULDI | 7 | "Do you think it's a good idea for me to do this?" (2 wds.) |
| 21% | SUNNYSIDEUP | 11 | Like some eggs . . . and how four answers are presented in this puzzle |
| 21% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 21% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 21% | NOGO | 4 | Canceled, like a mission ... or like four answers in this puzzle? |
| 21% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 20% | ALLTIEDUP | 9 | Even … or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 20% | AVENGE | 6 | Get payback in return for a wrong done to another |
| 20% | WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU | 19 | What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle? |
| 20% | TVMA | 4 | Like a show that's not for kids, in short (Hyph.) |
| 20% | TREE | 4 | “Make like a ___ and get outta here” (bungled idiom in “Back to the Future”) |
| 20% | SHAPESUP | 8 | Gets fit, and a literal hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 20% | CIRCLETHEWAGONS | 15 | Get into a defensive position, and what we do in this grid |
| 20% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |