| 100% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | DROPBOX | 7 | Big name in the cloud, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 52% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Freelance for extra income ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 51% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 51% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 51% | FLIESSOUTH | 10 | Migrates for the winter, and a hint to the shift in the starred answers |
| 50% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 48% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 47% | DOCTOREDUP | 10 | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | ICANSHOW | 8 | With 39- and 44-Across, promise that Aladdin sings to Jasmine (and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) |
| 47% | UPPERCASE | 9 | Caps, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 47% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 47% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 47% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 47% | DEARJOHNLETTERS | 15 | Things used for dumping ... or a literal hint to the answers to the starred clues? |