| 100% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 99% | COLDFRONT | 9 | Harbinger of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 74% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 72% | DRESSINGDOWNS | 13 | Severe reprimands, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | ONYOURFEET | 10 | "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | PLAYMATES | 9 | Sandbox sharers ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | HEAVYMETAL | 10 | Rock genre ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | COMMONSENSE | 11 | Practical judgment ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 72% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | LOSTCITIES | 10 | Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | ACIDTEST | 8 | Ordeal ... and a hint to the initials of the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | CRACKTHECASE | 12 | Solve a mystery, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | FLIPACOIN | 9 | Decide by chance ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | SWORDPLAY | 9 | Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | LIFEPARTNER | 11 | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | OILCHANGE | 9 | Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | MOVIETRAILERS | 13 | "Coming attractions" offerings, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | SOCIALSTUDIES | 13 | Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | DOFF | 4 | Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | SIDEBYSIDE | 10 | Together, and a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | ALTERNATETAKES | 14 | Different points of view ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | BOYOHBOY | 8 | "Wow!" ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | 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 |
| 69% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | BLANKCHECK | 10 | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 69% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 68% | HIDDENFEES | 10 | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |