| 100% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 58% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 55% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 54% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 54% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 54% | GIMME | 5 | Tot's sassy demand ... or a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | FLOWER | 6 | Garden sight, and, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | "Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 52% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | KICKSTARTS | 10 | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | HITPARADE | 9 | List of popular songs ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | SIXFLAGS | 8 | Popular day trip destination ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | INTHEPAST | 9 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | TIES | 4 | Binds ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | GETBENTOUTOFSHA | 15 | Blow a gasket, and a clue to making sense of some answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | SAFETYFIRST | 11 | Cautionary workplace axiom ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | PIGOUT | 6 | Ingurgitate, and a hint to making sense of the starred clues |
| 51% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 51% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning cry ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 51% | WINDOWS8 | 8 | 2012 software release ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | BUTTONDOWN | 10 | Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 51% | GOFETCH | 7 | Dog command … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 51% | BOOKEND | 7 | Shelf prop ... or a hint to both parts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 51% | RAINOUT | 7 | Ballpark bummer, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |