| 100% | ORING | 5 | Certain NASA equipment … shown literally in the solution to this puzzle |
| 44% | MTEREBUS | 8 | Southernmost active volcano in the world ... or a cryptic hint to certain squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 40% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 39% | THEBRONTES | 10 | Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 37% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 37% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 36% | MAKESABEELINE | 13 | What this puzzle’s solver does when filling in the upper-left to lower-right diagonal? |
| 36% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 36% | MINTY | 5 | Solution to this rebus puzzle: TMY |
| 36% | LINGO | 5 | Solution to this rebus puzzle: GLO |
| 35% | APPEARED | 8 | Showed up, like the fruits in this puzzle |
| 35% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 34% | RUNNINGA | 8 | Illegal action shown literally in this answer? |
| 34% | MARS | 4 | You will get to see the NASA rover Opportunity land on this red planet in 2004 |
| 34% | ERR | 3 | Use the answer to any of this puzzle's starred clues in ordinary conversation? |
| 34% | PUBLICEYE | 9 | In the __; on show to everyone |
| 34% | DOUBLEV | 7 | W.W. II-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | BLANK | 5 | Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 33% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 33% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | MISSING | 7 | Like the letter O in this puzzle’s entire solution |
| 33% | POCKETS | 7 | What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent |
| 33% | SLANT | 5 | Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) |
| 33% | TRAFFICLIGHT | 12 | Where to find the colors in this puzzle |
| 33% | AGRA | 4 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 33% | INDIA | 5 | Home to the monument depicted in this puzzle |
| 33% | ARTISTICLICENSE | 15 | Interpretive freedom, or the authorization to produce each work in this puzzle? |
| 33% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |