| 100% | BIGMAC | 6 | Baseball All-Star's nickname ... or a popular food product |
| 39% | ROCK | 4 | Dwayne Johnson's nickname or a type of salt |
| 39% | EVERYTHINGSOK | 13 | "It's all good," or a hint to the starred answers |
| 37% | LEMONSOLE | 9 | Popular food fish that's actually a flounder |
| 37% | MINOSO | 6 | Nine-time baseball All-Star nicknamed "The Cuban Comet" |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | Roxy Music's Brian or a popular antacid brand |
| 36% | BO20 | 4 | Baseball All-Star who was also a football Pro Bowler |
| 36% | STU | 3 | Letters after R, or a man's nickname |
| 36% | AROD | 4 | Baseball nickname that's a portmanteau |
| 35% | WHATGOESUP | 10 | Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | MVPS | 4 | A team or league's star athletes: Abbr. |
| 34% | SPACEJUNK | 9 | Orbiting debris, or a hint to this puzzle's theme foods |
| 34% | EMIGRATION | 10 | Exodus, or a literal feature of this puzzle's starred answers |
| 34% | GUT | 3 | Kind of class that might get a nickname like Rocks for Jocks or Stars for Stoners |
| 34% | PEANUTBUTTER | 12 | Popular food paste or spread |
| 34% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 34% | TMAC | 4 | Nickname for a seven-time N.B.A. All-Star |
| 34% | DWADE | 5 | Nickname for a 12-time N.B.A. All-Star |
| 34% | REV | 3 | Nickname for a pastor or clergyman's title, in short |
| 33% | RATE | 4 | Give stars to a product or a restaurant |
| 33% | ABC | 3 | First three letters or a popular TV network |
| 33% | DEATHSTAR | 9 | Massive sci-fi weapon, or a nickname for A.T. & T.’s logo |
| 33% | STAN | 4 | Man's nickname that's a baseball team's nickname backward |
| 33% | YOUKNOWTHEREST | 14 | "Etc., etc." … or a statement about answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 33% | FIRSTSTATE | 10 | Delaware's nickname, or a hint to 17-, 23-, and 54-Across |
| 33% | DWADE | 5 | Nickname for a Miami 12-time N.B.A. All-Star |
| 33% | PIGGIE | 6 | Child's nickname for a sow or boar |
| 33% | TILAPIA | 7 | Popular food fish or its genus name |
| 33% | BRANDING | 8 | Promoting a company's products or services |
| 32% | HOLDDOWNTHEFORT | 15 | Have charge temporarily ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's three starred clues |