| 100% | EVENSOUT | 8 | Balances, or, phonetically, how to make 18-, 32-, and 39-Across match their clues? |
| 47% | TRADEMARKS | 10 | Corporate symbols, or how to make the answers to 15-/22-Across and 34-/46-Across match their clues |
| 43% | SHOWTHEWAY | 10 | Give clear directions, or how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 43% | DROPIN | 6 | Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers? |
| 41% | NOHESITATION | 12 | "Proceed with confidence!," and how to make the answers to 20-, 31-, and 43-Across match their clues |
| 41% | EXTRACT | 7 | With 4-Down, how to make the seven starred clues match their answers? |
| 40% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run off … or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues |
| 38% | CUTIES | 6 | Babies (aww ...) ... or an aural hint to 18-, 32-, 39- and 57-Across |
| 37% | LEAVEMEOUTOFIT | 14 | "I want nothing to do with this!," and how to make the six starred clues match their answers |
| 36% | ITGOESWITHOUTSAYING | 19 | "We all see the obvious here, right?," and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? |
| 34% | AUPAIRS | 7 | Live-in workers ... or a hint to 14, 18, 32, and 51 Across |
| 34% | CUTRATE | 7 | Cheap, and what you must do to five Across answers to make them match their clues |
| 33% | THEEND | 6 | With 39-Across, doomsayer's assertion ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across |
| 32% | PREMEDITATED | 12 | Calculated ... or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across |
| 31% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 31% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Happening place ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across? |
| 30% | IMDB | 4 | One place to find 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across ... or, parsed differently, how these people might introduce themselves |
| 30% | FROMSEATOSEA | 12 | English translation of Canada's motto—or, phonetically, a hint to 18-, 25-, 41-, and 56-Across |
| 30% | ATOLL | 5 | Island ring ... or, in three parts, a hint to 18-, 32-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 30% | YOUHADTOBETHERE | 15 | "It was even funnier at the time," or a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 29% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Burlesque act, or read phonetically, how to make phrases like five in this puzzle |
| 29% | GOFISH | 6 | Popular kids' game ... or a hint to 18-, 32-, 37- and 58-Across |
| 29% | DINERSCLUB | 10 | Credit card industry pioneer … or a hint to 18-, 32- and 42-Across |
| 29% | ENDLESSLY | 9 | On and on ... or how to read 18-, 27-, 37- and 51-Across to understand this puzzle's theme? |
| 29% | ONTHEEDGE | 9 | Exciting but dangerous way to live, and a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 29% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically |
| 28% | LEFTOUT | 7 | Excluded, and what 18-, 22-, 38-, and 56-Across need to match their clues? |
| 28% | RSVPING | 7 | Acknowledging an invitation ... or a hint to the starts of 19-, 32-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 28% | LASTDANCE | 9 | 1978 Donna Summer hit … or a hint to 18-, 25-, 39- and 56-Across |
| 28% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues? |