| 100% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 64% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 58% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 57% | RISINGSEALEVELS | 15 | One effect of global warming, and a hint to the five longest Down answers |
| 56% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 56% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 55% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 54% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 54% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 52% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 52% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 51% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 51% | DOUBLEDOG | 9 | Schoolyard dare intensifier ... and a hint to the five other longest answers |
| 51% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 51% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | RANDD | 5 | Company's creative dept., and a hint to the five long Across answers |
| 51% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 51% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 50% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 50% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 50% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 50% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | FISHLADDER | 10 | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| 49% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
| 48% | PARAPHRASES | 11 | Puts in other words, or, if read as three pieces, a hint to the starred answers |