| 100% | PANDL | 5 | CFO's monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 79% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 77% | NOPE | 4 | Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 70% | LOL | 3 | Response to a funny text, and a hint to this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 66% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 65% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 65% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 65% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 65% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 65% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 63% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 63% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 61% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 61% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 60% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 60% | BORDERTOWNS | 11 | Mexicali and Calexico, and a hint to this puzzle's perimeter answers |
| 60% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 60% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | ELMORE | 6 | "Rum Punch" writer Leonard, and a hint to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 60% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | DND | 3 | Role-playing game with a 20-sided die, familiarly, and a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 59% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 59% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |