| 100% | TAOISM | 6 | Chinese philosophy of harmony and The Way |
| 57% | TAO | 3 | Chinese philosophy related to the concepts of yin and yang |
| 56% | TAO | 3 | Chinese philosophy of harmony |
| 51% | TAOISM | 6 | Chinese philosophy of yin and yang |
| 49% | TAO | 3 | The way, in Chinese philosophy |
| 49% | TAO | 3 | The way of the Chinese |
| 47% | TAOISM | 6 | Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Laozi |
| 45% | TAO | 3 | Way of life, according to the Chinese |
| 44% | LANGLANG | 8 | Chinese pianist and one of The Piano's judges |
| 44% | TAO | 3 | "Way of the universe" in Chinese philosophy |
| 43% | SUNTZU | 6 | Chinese general and said writer of The Art of War |
| 43% | STARS | 5 | The American and Chinese flags have 55 of them, collectively |
| 43% | TAOISM | 6 | Chinese philosophy known as "The Way" |
| 43% | ARE | 3 | "Just the Way You ___" (title of hits by Billy Joel and Bruno Mars) |
| 41% | PEI | 3 | Chinese-born architect I.M. ___ who designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 41% | BLAXPLOITATION | 14 | Genre of the 1970s movies "Foxy Brown" and "Three the Hard Way" |
| 40% | ORBS | 4 | "... harmony in the motion and magnitude of the __ ... ": Copernicus |
| 40% | EIRE | 4 | "Sing of old ___ and the ancient ways": Yeats |
| 40% | DIAGONALPARKING | 15 | Easy way of pulling in ... and a hint to the six circled words |
| 40% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Singer of the #1 hits "Just Dance" and "Born This Way": 2 wds. |
| 40% | YIN | 3 | Feminine principle in Chinese philosophy (the opposite of yang) |
| 40% | LAO | 3 | Ancient Chinese philosopher and the founder of Taoism, ___-Tzu |
| 39% | SHANGHAI | 8 | Chinese city with a busy port and host of the 2005 World Table Tennis Championships Finals |
| 39% | TAO | 3 | Chinese "way" of harmony |
| 39% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 39% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 39% | CARROT | 6 | The __ and stick, way of reward and punishment |
| 39% | TAO | 3 | "The Way," in Chinese philosophy |
| 39% | TAO | 3 | "Way" of Chinese philosophy |
| 39% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |