| 100% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 45% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 43% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 43% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 43% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 42% | GETBENTOUTOFSHA | 15 | Blow a gasket, and a clue to making sense of some answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | JUMPSCARE | 9 | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| 41% | WRITERSBLOCK | 12 | Problem for a wordsmith, and a clue to five figures hidden in this puzzle |
| 41% | MORN | 4 | Poetic time of day … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 40% | HIDDEN{TAX} | 11 | Unseen price-hiker, and a clue to three squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | PORE | 4 | Skin feature … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 40% | SORT | 4 | Word processing function … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 40% | HORA | 4 | Jewish wedding staple … and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| 40% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 39% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 39% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 39% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 39% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 39% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 38% | POTUS | 5 | Capital VIP, and a clue to what's hidden in three letters in each starred answer |
| 38% | LOWRISES | 8 | Short buildings, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | ELEVEN | 6 | On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to |
| 38% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | "No charge," and a description of five places in this puzzle |
| 38% | HQS | 3 | Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | DOUBLEPLAY | 10 | Baseball feat, and a clue to this puzzle's them answers |
| 38% | MISSINGLINKS | 12 | Evolutionary mysteries, and a feature of three clues in this puzzle |
| 37% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |