| 100% | THES | 4 | Hint to what's absent [end] |
| 87% | QAND | 4 | Hint to what's absent [middle] |
| 87% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | Hint to what's absent [beginning] |
| 61% | ADDTOGETHER | 11 | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| 61% | METOO | 5 | "Ditto!" (and a hint to what's in the grid-spanning answers) |
| 60% | OMENS | 5 | Hints of what's to come |
| 59% | ZEN | 3 | "Your Moment of ___," and a hint to what's added to the starred answers |
| 59% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 59% | ZIP | 3 | Nothing ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 35- and 52-Across |
| 58% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 58% | EASYDOESIT | 10 | "Careful now" ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 58% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 58% | AVERAGE | 7 | Garden-variety, and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 43- and 65-Across |
| 57% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 57% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 57% | BUTTERCHURN | 11 | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| 57% | ROLEPLAYING | 11 | Therapy technique ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 45-Across? |
| 57% | RATEHIKE | 8 | Fed proposal, and a hint to what's hidden in 3-, 9-, 25- and 29-Down |
| 57% | CODESWITCHING | 13 | Speaking Spanglish, say ... or a hint to what's hidden in 20-, 28- and 48-Across |
| 57% | JUMPSCARE | 9 | Scream-evoking horror film technique ... and a hint to what's hiding in five puzzle rows |
| 57% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 57% | INITIALHERE | 11 | Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across |
| 56% | THEREVIEWSAREIN | 15 | "Critics have spoken"... or a hint to what's been added to this puzzle's themed answers |
| 56% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 56% | SHIPWRECKS | 10 | Sea disasters, and a hint to what's literally hidden in 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across |
| 56% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 56% | ACTUP | 5 | Make mischief, and a hint to what's found in 3-, 5-, 7-, 34- and 38-Down |