| 100% | RUMBLEOFTHUNDER | 15 | Hint that a storm is approaching |
| 45% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | WHATARACKET | 11 | "Boy, is that loud!" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 49-Across |
| 43% | CLUE | 4 | Hint that helps solve a puzzle |
| 42% | PUTONTHEDOG | 11 | Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang ... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues |
| 42% | DOUBLENEGATIVES | 15 | Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across |
| 42% | BACKORDERED | 11 | Like goods that are temporarily out of stock ... or a hint, alphabetically, to the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | TWEET | 5 | Message that might be sent in a storm? |
| 41% | ONRADAR | 7 | How a storm might be tracked |
| 41% | NOT | 3 | That was a lie! |
| 41% | ETD | 3 | Something that may be delayed by a storm: Abbr. |
| 41% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | CLIENT | 6 | Illustrious __, Sherlock is approached by a royal |
| 41% | LIMIT | 5 | Value that a function approaches, in mathematics |
| 41% | LIMIT | 5 | Value that a function approaches, in calculus |
| 41% | LIMIT | 5 | Value that a function approaches, in math |
| 41% | LOAD | 4 | Amount that a washing machine will hold |
| 40% | NOT | 3 | That was a lie! (slang) |
| 40% | DRILL | 5 | A tool that will bore |
| 40% | HEIRS | 5 | Those listed in a will |
| 40% | TEACUP | 6 | A storm in one is a great fuss over nothing |
| 40% | TENTH | 5 | Grade that a high school sophomore is in |
| 40% | SKID | 4 | ___ mark (evidence that a car tire was sliding) |
| 40% | BBC | 3 | Channel that a telly may be tuned to |
| 40% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle that a pick might be stuck in |
| 40% | LEVIEDUNDEROATH | 15 | Formally promised that a tax rate was accurate? |
| 40% | CARGO | 5 | Load that a ship is carrying |
| 40% | TIMBER | 6 | Warning that a tree is falling |
| 40% | SINKING | 7 | A ship that is going under |