| 100% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 70% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 63% | CARINTERIORS | 12 | Passenger compartments, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 59% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 58% | CLOSINGSALE | 11 | Going-out-of-business bargain event, and an apt description of this puzzle's circles |
| 58% | SPOTIFY | 7 | With 38-Across, annual compilation often shared on social media, and an apt place for four of this puzzle's long answers? |
| 58% | VIBECHECK | 9 | "How's everybody feeling?," e.g., and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 56% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Audiophile's setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 54% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 52% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 49% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 49% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 48% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 47% | SPLITTICKET | 11 | Politically diverse ballot ... and an apt description of each set of puzzle circles |
| 47% | ALLKIDDINGASIDE | 15 | "But seriously," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 46% | NOLA | 4 | Mardi Gras city nickname, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 46% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 45% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 45% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 45% | WHOVILLE | 8 | Town targeted by the Grinch, and an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 44% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | ROCKSET | 7 | Description of this puzzle's theme answers, sounding like "The Look" singers? |
| 44% | THEENDISJUST | 12 | With 43-Across, "When one door closes, another door opens," and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | OSCAR | 5 | Muppet who loves this puzzle's four longest answers? |
| 44% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 43% | THEOKCORRAL | 11 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? |
| 43% | DND | 3 | Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |