| 100% | JUSTABITOUTSIDE | 15 | Ball call, and a hint for entering eight answers |
| 69% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | MOVER | 5 | Relocation pro, and a hint for six of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | CDCHANGER | 9 | Classic audiophile's equipment, and a hint to eight long puzzle answers |
| 48% | ADDTOGETHER | 11 | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| 48% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 45% | UMPED | 5 | Called balls and strikes in a baseball game, for short |
| 45% | QUIETCAR | 8 | Place for Amtrak passengers to unwind ... and a hint to how to interpret eight puzzle answers |
| 45% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | CORNERBARS | 10 | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| 44% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 44% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | UMPS | 4 | Officials who call balls and strikes at a baseball game, for short |
| 42% | CHANGEENDS | 10 | Tennis umpire's order after odd-numbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers |
| 41% | THATSMYCUE | 10 | Words before entering ... and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 41% | EFFRONTERY | 10 | Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers |
| 41% | CLUE | 4 | Hint for a crossword answer |
| 41% | FROMTHEBOTTOMTOTHETOP | 21 | How a team making a dramatic turnaround can go ... and a hint for how you must enter 15 answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | PHUNWITHFONICS | 14 | Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 41% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook ... or a literal hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 40% | ANDCUT | 6 | Director's call, plus a hint to making sense of eight Across answers |
| 40% | FLIESSOUTH | 10 | Migrates for the winter, and a hint to the shift in the starred answers |
| 40% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Medium for secret messages, and a hint to making sense of 12 Down answers |
| 40% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |