| 100% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 60% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 52% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 51% | YECCH | 5 | Reaction to the starts of the five longest puzzle answers |
| 50% | BLACKJACK | 9 | *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 49% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 47% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 47% | IOO | 3 | Arabic equivalent of C hidden in this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 46% | BUGS | 4 | They're found at the end of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 45% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 44% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 44% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 43% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 43% | MIXEDGREENS | 11 | Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are? |
| 43% | SMOKEYBEAR | 10 | Character who's wary of the starts to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 43% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 42% | BENTOUT | 7 | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| 42% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 42% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 42% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 42% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Statesman born 2/12/1809 whose surname can precede the starts of four long puzzle answers |
| 42% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | STAIRCASE | 9 | This puzzle has a secret one, starting with the third letter of 4-Down |
| 42% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |