| 100% | DISMISSAL | 9 | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | RAFTERS | 7 | Ceiling beams, or a three-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ADDED | 5 | Extra, and a two-word hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | ROUT | 4 | Decisive defeat, and a two-word hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ATHENS | 6 | Capital of Greece, or a three-word hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| 44% | TENSEEXCHANGE | 13 | Heated barrage of words ... and an explanation for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 43% | TRITE | 5 | Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | CRYUNCLE | 8 | Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | CHECKPLEASE | 11 | Words to a server ... or a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | SIXFLAGS | 8 | Popular day trip destination ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 42% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 42% | YOURADHERE | 10 | Words on an empty billboard, and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 42% | HALFPIPE | 8 | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | HUMANNATURE | 11 | Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | BREAKDANCES | 11 | Acrobatic street moves ... or a hint to parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 42% | FINDCLOSURE | 11 | Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | BACKSPACE | 9 | PC key with a left-pointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |