| 100% | SPLITEND | 8 | Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has |
| 48% | CHANGINGDIAPERS | 15 | New father's task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? |
| 44% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
| 43% | MIDDLESEAT | 10 | Air traveler's dread, and what each starred answer has |
| 41% | CAUGHTABUG | 10 | Came down with something, and what each theme answer has done |
| 41% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Brief moment, or what three long answers in this puzzle have? |
| 41% | CREATUREFEATURE | 15 | Monster movie, and what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 41% | PUNCTUATIONMARK | 15 | What ends many a line, and what begins each of the puzzle's three other long answers |
| 41% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 41% | UPPERHAND | 9 | Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 41% | GETTINGTHEW | 11 | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| 41% | SHOWSTOPPER | 11 | Dazzling theater performance, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 41% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 41% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 40% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 40% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where a young woman once learned social skills, and what each starred answer has |
| 40% | FIRESTARTER | 11 | 1980 Stephen King novel, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 40% | COPYRIGHT | 9 | Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 40% | NOTHINGINCOMMON | 15 | Lack of similar interests, and what the three long answers with circled letters have? |
| 40% | FINALTOUCH | 10 | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 40% | GLOWUP | 6 | Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has? |
| 40% | WORKOUTINTHEEND | 15 | Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has |
| 39% | HIDDENCARBS | 11 | Bane of a ketogenic diet, and what three long puzzle answers contain |
| 39% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 39% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 39% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 39% | LETTEROPENERS | 13 | Mail-processing tools, and what the four theme answers each have |
| 39% | BANDONTHERUN | 12 | 1973 triple-platinum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally |
| 39% | HIDDENWIRES | 11 | Devices worn by informants … and what can be found inside three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |