| 100% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Come to a compromise ... and a homophonic hint to what each of four long answers contains |
| 54% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 52% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 52% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 51% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 51% | FILLINGUPWITHGAS | 16 | Pre-road trip detail ... and a hint to what certain parts of three long answers were doing as you solved them |
| 51% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 50% | NONO | 4 | Forbidden thing, and what each of four long answers is? |
| 50% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 49% | WORKSHANDINHAND | 15 | Collaborates closely, and a literal hint to what each of 16-, 23-, 45- and 58-Across does |
| 49% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 48% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 48% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 48% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 48% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 48% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 48% | DOUBLETIME | 10 | Holiday pay rate, perhaps, and a hint to what can follow each word of each starred answer |
| 47% | NOPE | 4 | Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 47% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 47% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 47% | KEWPIE | 6 | Collectible doll, and a phonetic hint to four long puzzle answers |
| 47% | EMPTYWORDS | 10 | Blather, and a phonetic hint to the four other longest answers |
| 47% | SHIFTYEYES | 10 | Sign of deceit, and a phonetic hint to four puzzle answers |
| 46% | ONEEYEDROP | 10 | Minimal red-removing amount ... and a phonetic hint to four long answers |
| 46% | ILLSECONDTHAT | 13 | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| 46% | ADDTOGETHER | 11 | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| 46% | BEADYEYES | 9 | Ratlike feature, and a hint to a feature of the four starred answers |
| 46% | HAILSTONE | 9 | What each of the four longest answers is a term for |
| 45% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 45% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |