| 100% | SMOKEYBEAR | 10 | Character who's wary of the starts to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 60% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 59% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 56% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 56% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 54% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 54% | SYLVESTER | 9 | Animated character who's the subject of this puzzle's theme |
| 53% | ENGLISH | 7 | Language of the answers to this puzzle's uniclues |
| 52% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 52% | ITSTHEBERRIES | 13 | Old expression of admiration (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |
| 51% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 50% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 50% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 50% | THEGRINCH | 9 | Thief who stole the missing letters from this puzzle's theme answers |
| 50% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 50% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 49% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 48% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 48% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | YOU | 3 | With 39-Across, answer to the question "Who's the solver of this puzzle?" |
| 48% | WILEECOYOTE | 11 | Devious character who's the subject of this puzzle |
| 47% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | ADS | 3 | Features of some Netflix plans starting in November 2022 ... and what's been inserted into this puzzle's theme answers |
| 46% | ROCKSET | 7 | Description of this puzzle's theme answers, sounding like "The Look" singers? |
| 46% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | ZIP | 3 | Each of the numbers in this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |