| 100% | DRINKUP | 7 | Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues |
| 64% | QUIETCAR | 8 | Place for Amtrak passengers to unwind ... and a hint to how to interpret eight puzzle answers |
| 63% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 63% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 63% | INHD | 4 | How most TV shows air, and a hint to nine puzzle answers |
| 62% | THATSMYCUE | 10 | Words before entering ... and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 62% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | PHUNWITHFONICS | 14 | Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 62% | BODYDOUBLE | 10 | 1984 De Palma film, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 62% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 61% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | EFFRONTERY | 10 | Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers |
| 61% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 61% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 61% | FLIPONESLID | 11 | Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 61% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created |
| 60% | LOL | 3 | Response to a funny text, and a hint to this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 60% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 60% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 59% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 59% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 58% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | SKIPPER | 7 | Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |