| 100% | LETDOWN | 7 | Disappointment ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 87% | LEAVEMEOUTOFTHIS | 16 | "No comment!" ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 87% | ALLIN | 5 | Totally committed, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 87% | BROADWAYSMASHES | 15 | Hit shows, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 85% | SUITSUP | 7 | Gets ready for the big game ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 81% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 80% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 80% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 80% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 79% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 79% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 79% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 79% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words ... and a hint to four side-by-side pairs of puzzle answers |
| 78% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 78% | WINDFALL | 8 | Jackpot, e.g., and a hint to completing four puzzle answers |
| 77% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 77% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 77% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "In Rainbows" rockers, and a hint to what changes four puzzle answers |
| 76% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 76% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created |
| 76% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 76% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 75% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 75% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 75% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 75% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 74% | DOUBLEV | 7 | W.W. II-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 74% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 74% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |