| 100% | DOUBLEBILL | 10 | Event with two headliners, or a description of a restaurant check that includes any of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 49% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 48% | HUMANNATURE | 11 | Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 46% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 46% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 46% | GREENEGGSANDHAM | 15 | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| 46% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | CARBOLOADED | 11 | Fueled up before a big race, or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 45% | SIDELINES | 9 | Where to find coaches at football games ... or a description of the answers to the 16 starred clues? |
| 44% | SWISSARMY | 9 | With 60-Across, contraption that usually includes the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 44% | MEASURETWICE | 12 | With 66-Across, carpentry adage that also describes the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | WISECRACK | 9 | Witticism ... or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues? |
| 44% | HALFMEASURE | 11 | Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 43% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | CHAOSMAGIC | 10 | Power that enables the Scarlet Witch to rewrite reality, and a hidden feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | DOWN | 4 | With 40-Down, how rain falls ... or a literal description of the answers to the four themed clues |
| 43% | MANBABY | 7 | Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| 43% | ALLYOUNEEDISLOVE | 16 | Beatles hit that's a hint to both parts of the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 42% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | ALITTLE | 7 | With 108-Across, instruction given to a barber, or how the answers to the starred clues were literally formed |