| 100% | COMESFULLCIRCLE | 15 | Arrives at one's starting point again, and the first clue to the puzzle theme |
| 41% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 40% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 40% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 40% | DOTHEMATH | 9 | "Figure it out!" … or how to arrive at this puzzle's solution, using the answers to italicized clues |
| 40% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 39% | CHANGESONESTUNE | 15 | Starts looking at things differently, as demonstrated by the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | COMINGINHOT | 11 | Arriving with great speed, and what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are doing? |
| 37% | BEES | 4 | Busy buzzers ... and letters found at the start of every clue in this puzzle |
| 37% | CUTTING | 7 | With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 37% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | LOWRISES | 8 | Short buildings, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | DOWNSIZING | 10 | Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | INITIALLY | 9 | At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer? |
| 37% | TOYBOX | 6 | Kid's container, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | GONEGREEK | 9 | Joined a frat, and a hint to the puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ANDRE | 5 | ___ Agassi, the first one to achieve a "Career Golden Slam" and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas |
| 36% | PENNAMES | 8 | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | AFTERDARK | 9 | At night ... and where the starts of the answers to starred clues can go |
| 36% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Potpourri, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 36% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | FINISHSTRONG | 12 | Sprint to the tape ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | RETURNSTOSENDER | 15 | Rejects a delivery, and a third clue to the theme |
| 35% | FATHERFIGURES | 13 | Some male role models, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | SINKORSWIM | 10 | Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | SEMICIRCLES | 11 | First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | WANNABET | 8 | "Care to wager?" ... and a question answered, one way or the other, by the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | WILDFLOWERS | 11 | Colorful elements of a meadow, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |