| 100% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 58% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 50% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | OSCAR | 5 | With 56-Down, start of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 47% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Covert missions ... or what's covert in eight of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 45% | AFTERTHOUGHT | 12 | “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? |
| 45% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 45% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 45% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 44% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 44% | CHRISTMAS | 9 | Word that can precede the starts of eight key words in this puzzle |
| 44% | COLORPICTURES | 13 | Photos not in shades of gray ... or what eight answers in this puzzle are? |
| 43% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 43% | BLOCK | 5 | Literal element of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | BEES | 4 | Busy buzzers ... and letters found at the start of every clue in this puzzle |
| 42% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 41% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | POLAROPPOSITE | 13 | One totally unlike another ... or what each answer on the edge of this puzzle has? |
| 40% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 40% | HALFTHEBATTLE | 13 | Important part of an undertaking . . . or what can be found in eight of this puzzle’s answers? |
| 40% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |