| 100% | TAMES | 5 | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| 71% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 52% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 52% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | AFTERTHOUGHT | 12 | “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? |
| 48% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 47% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Thoroughly … or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle |
| 47% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | EXTRACT | 7 | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| 46% | BLACK | 5 | With 41- and 43-Across, cop cruiser ... or a description of the five animals named in this puzzle |
| 46% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 46% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 45% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 45% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | DECLARATION | 11 | With 114-Across, source of the phrase formed by the ends of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | BOXINGDAY | 9 | December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the "gifts" contained inside four answers |
| 44% | FLOSS | 5 | Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | FALLINGO | 8 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 44% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 44% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | THEFRENCHCONNECTION | 19 | Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle's answers have |
| 44% | SEVERAL | 7 | Four or five, or how to make the theme answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | CENTERLINE | 10 | Marking in the middle of the road ... or an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 43% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |