| 100% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 72% | SUNRISESUNSET | 13 | Classic Broadway show tune, or a hint to the word ladder revealed by the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 61% | OTHELLO | 7 | Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 53% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 51% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 51% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | THEMONTHOFMARCH | 15 | Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues) |
| 50% | AWRINKLEINTIME | 14 | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 49% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 49% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Express lack of interest on Tinder ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 48% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 48% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 48% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 48% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 48% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | "Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 48% | INTHEPAST | 9 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | TIES | 4 | Binds ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 48% | SAFETYFIRST | 11 | Cautionary workplace axiom ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | LETTERDROP | 10 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning cry ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 48% | WINDOWS8 | 8 | 2012 software release ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | BUTTONDOWN | 10 | Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |