| 100% | PARTY | 5 | Fun gathering with food and music, where a creative soul may showcase their talent, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 55% | CHART | 5 | Pie ___, disc-shaped graphic where a math genius may show their creativity, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 45% | EARTH | 5 | The planet we reside in, that shows off its creative spirit in natural wonders, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 44% | APARTMENT | 9 | Flat in a residential complex that might be a creative person's abode, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 43% | CARTOON | 7 | Animations like "Tom and Jerry" that might be created by a creative person, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 43% | RESTART | 7 | Begin from the beginning, or what a person might do when they hit a creative block, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 32% | ART | 3 | What a creative person might make, and a word hidden in 17a, 30a, 43a, 11d, 29d, 39d |
| 27% | IAMS | 4 | Dog and cat food brand with a paw in its logo |
| 26% | NEST | 4 | Where 38-Across lay 1-Across ... or a word hidden in 20-, 27-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 26% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 26% | RONI | 4 | Food-box "word" with a cable car in its "o" |
| 25% | TOPSHELF | 8 | Where one with discerning taste might look for liquor . . . and where it can be found in 4-, 6-, 9-, and 11-Down |
| 25% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 25% | COBRA | 5 | Hooded serpent with a "supportive undergarment" hidden in its name |
| 25% | IRAN | 4 | Country with a verb hidden in its name |
| 25% | BEAR | 4 | Furry hibernating mammal with a "drummed organ" hidden in its name |
| 25% | TUNA | 4 | Popular sandwich fish with a "Spanish number" hidden in its name |
| 25% | BIKINI | 6 | It has a top and a bottom with nothing in between |
| 24% | ORE | 3 | Miner's rock and a word hidden in "Korea" |
| 24% | PENGUIN | 7 | Tuxedoed Antarctic bird with a "writer's tool" hidden in its name |
| 24% | LION | 4 | "Mane" safari attraction with a "physicist's particle" hidden in its name |
| 24% | OTOE | 4 | Midwest tribe with a body part hidden in its name |
| 24% | IRAN | 4 | Tehran's land with a verb hidden in its name |
| 24% | SPAREKEY | 8 | It might be hidden in a fake rock |
| 24% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Where you might get a word in edgewise |
| 24% | DOLE | 4 | Food company with a sun in its logo |
| 24% | ORTEGA | 6 | Food brand with a sun in its logo |
| 24% | DOLE | 4 | Food company with a sunburst in its logo |
| 24% | CEVICHE | 7 | Food with a Peruvian holiday in its honor |
| 24% | WHALE | 5 | Big blower in the sea with a "hoppy beverage" hidden in its name |