| 100% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 60% | TAKEASTEEPN | 11 | Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
| 59% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 58% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 57% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 56% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 55% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 53% | PUTAPININIT | 11 | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 52% | CUTSCORNERS | 11 | What this puzzle's theme does? |
| 49% | PICKEDUPTHEPACE | 15 | Hurried, and what this puzzle's word ladder literally did in eight steps? |
| 49% | CAUGHTABUG | 10 | Came down with something, and what each theme answer has done |
| 48% | FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | 14 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? |
| 48% | MAKINGAPACT | 11 | Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are gradually doing |
| 47% | ITTEAM | 6 | Group of PC experts ... or what this puzzle’s 10 theme answers are? |
| 47% | GONEFISHING | 11 | Classic out-of-office sign ... or what this puzzle's author has done? |
| 46% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 46% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 46% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 45% | NEITHERRHYMENORREASON | 21 | What a theme answer from this puzzle would have if it included the word "month"? |
| 45% | ASTEROID | 8 | What had a major impact on this puzzle's theme? |
| 44% | INDOORS | 7 | Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers |
| 43% | ODD | 3 | What this puzzle's theme isn't |
| 43% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 43% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 43% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Do-or-die moment, or what you must do to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 43% | FAMILYTIES | 10 | Kinship, and what holds this puzzle's theme together |
| 43% | BREAKINGNEWS | 12 | Developing story, and what this puzzle's circles illustrate |
| 42% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 42% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |