| 100% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 38% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 37% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 36% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | WORKAROUNDS | 11 | Ways to sidestep obstacles, and what are found in this puzzle's circles |
| 35% | PSY | 3 | Let's go to the 2010s! What will you see here? You will see this rapper performing the hit "Gangnam Style" in the year 2012 |
| 34% | BROKENBONES | 11 | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 34% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | TWIST | 5 | Let's go to the 1960s! What will you see here? You will see this dance inspired by rock and roll music where you turn and twirl |
| 34% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 34% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 33% | CHANGEOFFORTUNE | 15 | Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | WRAPPARTIES | 11 | Postshow cast celebrations, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | MIXINGBOWL | 10 | Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue |
| 33% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 33% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 33% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 33% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 33% | GOLAST | 6 | Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 33% | RELIGIOUSLEADERS | 16 | Keepers of the faith, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | 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 |
| 33% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |