| 100% | RHYMES | 6 | Chimes and dimes vis-à-vis this clue's answer |
| 56% | DOUBLEPLAY | 10 | Baseball feat, and a clue to this puzzle's them answers |
| 55% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 53% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | TAKE | 4 | With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue |
| 51% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | TYPE | 4 | Use a keyboard to enter this clue's answer, e.g. |
| 50% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | DOUBLENEGATIVE | 14 | Grammatical faux pas seen in four of this puzzle’s clues . . . and, in a different way, their answers? |
| 48% | MOVER | 5 | Relocation pro, and a hint for six of this puzzle's answers |
| 47% | GETBENTOUTOFSHA | 15 | Blow a gasket, and a clue to making sense of some answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 46% | INTHEHOLE | 9 | Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers |
| 46% | LOWRISES | 8 | Short buildings, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | SOSO | 4 | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 46% | INDOORS | 7 | Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers |
| 46% | TOYBOX | 6 | Kid's container, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 45% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Map phrase ... and a hint to finding this week's final answer |
| 45% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 45% | BORDERTOWNS | 11 | Mexicali and Calexico, and a hint to this puzzle's perimeter answers |
| 45% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 45% | TIMEFRAMES | 10 | Windows of opportunity ... and a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 45% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
| 45% | PARTTIMEJOB | 11 | Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle's answers, in a way |
| 45% | RAISINGTHEFLAG | 14 | Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 45% | WORD | 4 | This clue's answer, e.g. |