100% | MEETINTHEMIDDLE | 15 | Compromise ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
77% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Divination aids … or a phonetic hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
72% | HOLYCOW | 7 | "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
71% | TALLORDER | 9 | Big ask ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares? |
71% | BEQUIET | 7 | "Shut up!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
71% | H2O | 3 | Fire fighter, familiarly … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
71% | SEACREATURE | 11 | Aquatic denizen … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's circled words |
69% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
68% | THIRDEYEBLIND | 13 | Band with the 1997 hit "Semi-Charmed Life" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
65% | NOUSE | 5 | Pointless, or a phonetic hint to five of this puzzle's long answers |
64% | ADROPINTHEOCEAN | 15 | Insignificant amount ... or hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
63% | PICTUREINPICTURE | 16 | Small screen superimposed on a large screen ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
63% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle's sequence of shaded squares |
62% | TOYBOXES | 8 | Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
61% | TICKALLTHEBOXES | 15 | Be fully qualified ... or a hint to interpreting this puzzle's shaded squares |
61% | PARESDOWN | 9 | Gradually trims … or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
61% | ESPYAWARDS | 10 | Honors for athletes, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
60% | EASYONTHEEYES | 13 | Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle |
60% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
60% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
60% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
60% | NOWISE | 6 | Without any chance at all (and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme) |
60% | SNL | 3 | NBC fixture fond of wordplay, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's spoonerisms |
59% | SEE | 3 | With 70- and 71-Across, agree ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
59% | BADBREAKUP | 10 | Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
58% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
58% | Y2K | 3 | Big scare of a couple of decades ago ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
57% | THENANDNOW | 10 | Phrase in an article on grown-up child stars, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
57% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
57% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |