| 100% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 77% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 75% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 74% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 63% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 60% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 60% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 15 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) |
| 59% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 58% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 58% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 58% | PHUNWITHFONICS | 14 | Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 58% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 58% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |