| 100% | ERRS | 4 | Answers "airs" for this clue, say |
| 68% | ERR | 3 | Write "ere" for this answer, say |
| 65% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this clue |
| 65% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this clue |
| 64% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this clue location |
| 63% | ERR | 3 | Enter "SIN" as this clue's answer, for example |
| 62% | WORD | 4 | Answer to this clue, for example |
| 59% | END | 3 | Fitting answer for the last clue of this puzzle |
| 59% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this final Down clue |
| 58% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites … or instructions for answering this puzzle's starred clues |
| 58% | HLMFFWVDMRV | 11 | Title for this puzzle ... which the answers to the eight starred clues will help explain |
| 57% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | TASTE | 5 | The clue for this answer is found at 7-Across |
| 56% | NOIFSANDSORBUTS | 15 | Emphatic instruction for entering the answers to this puzzle's 10 starred clues? |
| 56% | SPAN | 4 | [The clue for this answer is hidden elsewhere in this puzzle] |
| 56% | WEAR | 4 | (The clue for this answer is hiding elsewhere in this puzzle ...) |
| 55% | CAPSLOCK | 8 | KEY USED FOR THIS CLUE |
| 55% | DOWN | 4 | Crossword direction for this clue |
| 55% | END | 3 | Apt location for this clue |
| 55% | END | 3 | Fitting location for this clue |
| 55% | LIED | 4 | Said "The answer to this clue is a noun," say |
| 54% | ODD | 3 | Like the number for this clue |
| 54% | OPEDCOLUMN | 10 | Place for airing an opinion ... or what five of this puzzle's Down answers contain? |
| 54% | EDITS | 5 | Corects this clue, say |
| 54% | END | 3 | This clue, for example |
| 53% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 53% | RHYME | 5 | Tissue or "Miss you," for this clue? |
| 53% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | LIE | 3 | "This clue's answer begins with the letter W," for example |
| 52% | WORD | 4 | This clue's answer, e.g. |