| 100% | HALFOFF | 7 | Discounted 50% ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 87% | ITCOUPLES | 9 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | World hot spot ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Invitation-only debut ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 86% | BLACK | 5 | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | THEREARENOWORDS | 15 | "I can't even!" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 86% | SHARINGISCARING | 15 | Preschool teacher's mantra … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 85% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 85% | EVERYONESACRITIC | 16 | Exasperated response to piled-on feedback ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 85% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 84% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Well-kept secret ... or a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 83% | LOWKEY | 6 | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 83% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 83% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 83% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 82% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 82% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 82% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 82% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 82% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 82% | COOKOFF | 7 | Kitchen competition ... or a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 82% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 82% | LEAVEME | 7 | With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 82% | STILLIRISE | 10 | Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways |
| 81% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 81% | RANDD | 5 | Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 81% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | 2000 novelty hit ... or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 81% | RECCENTER | 9 | Community sports facility ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |