| 100% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 41% | DOM | 3 | I may be made of brick, stone, or wood, and usually lack a front door. Who am I in Poland? |
| 41% | AKA | 3 | What might be seen in front of a handle? |
| 40% | ASL | 3 | What might be seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |
| 40% | KNELT | 5 | Was in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 39% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 39% | AUDIT | 5 | Go through the books at a company to ensure everything is in place |
| 39% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to get through a doorway, say |
| 38% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 37% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 37% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 36% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 36% | PROSHOP | 7 | What might be in trouble if it's out of the woods? |
| 36% | HEARINGDOGS | 11 | Certain assistance animals ... or what you might be doing when you say the pairs of shaded words out loud? |
| 36% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 36% | NEIGH | 5 | What might be said in a horse voice? |
| 36% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 36% | BOEING | 6 | Are you ready to travel through time? First, let's go to the 1970s! What will you see here? ___ 747 Jet, airplane that you could take a ride in |
| 36% | PRIZE | 5 | What may be on the line in a competition |
| 36% | DOOR | 4 | A welcome mat might be in front of one |
| 35% | WORDOFMOUTH | 11 | What rumors are spread by … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 29-, 35-/37- and 45-Across |
| 35% | KEEPMEPOSTED | 12 | "I want to stay informed!," or what might be said by the answers to the starred clues? |
| 35% | FIVE | 4 | Half of a decade or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 34d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 35% | LWORD | 5 | What might be "love" or "lesbian" in a TV show title |
| 35% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 35% | BIO | 3 | It might be in the form of a thumbnail |
| 35% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 35% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 35% | GENRE | 5 | What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Promise that may be made in front of a justice of the peace (2 wds.) |