| 100% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 62% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 57% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | SOLVEFORX | 9 | Common directive in 17-Across … or what to do with five squares in this puzzle |
| 55% | FLIPHOUSES | 10 | Turn a quick profit in real estate ... or what this puzzle's themed answers do? |
| 55% | REPEAT | 6 | What three-letter words do in five answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 55% | SPILLTHEB | 9 | Blab ... or a literal hint to completing five answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | BURSTOUT | 8 | With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to do |
| 54% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 54% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 54% | TAKETHEL | 8 | Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 53% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 53% | FLIPONESLID | 11 | Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |
| 53% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 53% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 53% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 53% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 52% | ANYTAKERS | 9 | "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them |
| 52% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Do-or-die moment, or what you must do to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 52% | DOUBLEDIP | 9 | Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| 52% | SEVERAL | 7 | Four or five, or how to make the theme answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | ENDING | 6 | Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do |
| 51% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 51% | TAKEASTEEPN | 11 | Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
| 50% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |