| 100% | INCLEMENT | 9 | Extreme or severe in a description of the weather |
| 50% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 49% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 46% | DEADENDS | 8 | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| 46% | DOVETAILS | 9 | Fits together nicely . . . or a description of the last words of the starred clues’ answers, when read in order? |
| 45% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 44% | CARBONOFFSET | 12 | Purported counterbalance for greenhouse-gas emissions . . . or a description of the wordplay in 18-, 27-, 39-, and 51-Across |
| 44% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |
| 44% | HAZY | 4 | One of the three H's in a summer weather forecast |
| 43% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 43% | ALCOVE | 6 | A recess in the wall of a room or garden |
| 43% | TESTIMONY | 9 | A written or spoken statement in the court of law |
| 43% | COCHONNET | 9 | The target ball or jack in a game of pétanque |
| 43% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 42% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | Making an appearance after the party starts, or a description of the shifted articles of clothing in this puzzle |
| 42% | CARTALK | 7 | Former NPR show, or a description of the starred answers |
| 42% | BABYTOY | 7 | A set of blocks . . . or the box they came in, perhaps |
| 42% | YELLOW | 6 | Cheerful shade of the sky in the morning, or the color of a daffodil |
| 42% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 42% | CARAVAN | 7 | A pack of camels, or in the UK, a house on wheels |
| 42% | ESCROW | 6 | A bond or deed kept in the custody of a third party |
| 42% | SUBJUGATE | 9 | Rule or control people in the style of a dictator |
| 42% | LOFTSPACE | 9 | Storage or living area in the roof of a house |
| 42% | MINIFIG | 7 | Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal |
| 42% | TAG | 3 | Annoyance in the back of a T-shirt or bra |
| 42% | SEVENTHHEAVEN | 13 | Total bliss ... or, when read in three parts, a description of the region above this grid? |
| 42% | PINK | 4 | Rosy shade of the sky in the early evening, or the color of a flamingo |
| 42% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Lincoln's description of pre-Civil War America … or a hint to the circled letters |
| 42% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 41% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |