| 100% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 78% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 77% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 77% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 76% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 74% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 74% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 74% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 73% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 70% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 70% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 70% | RANDD | 5 | Company's creative dept., and a hint to the five long Across answers |
| 70% | SKIPAD | 6 | Ubiquitous YouTube button ... and a hint to four long Across answers |
| 68% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 68% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 67% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 67% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 67% | WATER | 5 | With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers |
| 66% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 65% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 64% | EMPTYWORDS | 10 | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| 64% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Perm problem, and a hint to the four two-part answers |
| 63% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 63% | DOUBLEDOG | 9 | Schoolyard dare intensifier ... and a hint to the five other longest answers |
| 63% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 62% | YOUSEE | 6 | "It's like this," and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers |
| 62% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 62% | HAMMEDITUP | 10 | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 62% | BREAKEVEN | 9 | Neither lose nor gain... and a hint to four long answers |
| 61% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |