| 100% | BOARDMEETING | 12 | High-level get-together, or an apt description of the pairing found in 19-, 25-, 30-, 48-, or 56-Across? |
| 38% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | DREAMSHAKE | 10 | Signature post move of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon ... or an apt description of the circled letters in the grid? |
| 37% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| 37% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 36% | NOSEJOBS | 8 | Rhinoplasties, or an apt description of 16-, 25-, 37-, and 53-Across? |
| 35% | TRASHTALK | 9 | Taunts between teams, or an apt description of 16-, 29-, and 48-Across? |
| 34% | RISINGEDGES | 11 | Low-to-high transitions in digital signals, and an apt description of the circled letters |
| 34% | ROYAL | 5 | With 39-Down, defenders over London, or an apt description of 19-, 29-, and 52-Across? |
| 34% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 33% | SWINGSET | 8 | Playground fixture, or an apt description of the beginnings of the starred clues |
| 33% | ALLBROKENUP | 11 | Emotionally crushed, and an apt description of the circled elements in this puzzle? |
| 33% | INCIDENTALMUSIC | 15 | Score that sets the mood, and an apt description of 17-, 25-, 50-, and 62-Across? |
| 33% | ALAMODE | 7 | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 32% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 32% | BEARLEFT | 8 | One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across |
| 32% | POP | 3 | With 71-Across, Destiny's Child or the Supremes, and an apt description of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 32% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 31% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Never to be repeated ... or an apt pronouncement after following the instructions sequentially in 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| 31% | SOLOPROJECT | 11 | Venture undertaken after leaving the band . . . or an apt description of each of the works with italicized clues |
| 31% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Trick of being suddenly nowhere to be found … or an apt description of victory for a 59-Down player? |
| 31% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | TOTALLYRIPPED | 13 | Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across |
| 29% | TURNINGAPROPHET | 15 | Punny description of the circled letters in 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 29% | HEROSANDWICH | 12 | Sub, and an apt description of 20-, 34-, or 42-Across |
| 29% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 29% | PLATO | 5 | Founder of an early institution of higher learning in the Western world (c.385BC) |
| 29% | LETTEROPENER | 12 | Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across? |