| 100% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| 50% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 48% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 47% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |
| 47% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | REVENGEISADISH | 14 | With 11-Down, proverb about delayed retribution, with a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 44% | RIGHTONR | 8 | Legal maneuver ... with a hint to answering seven clues in this puzzle |
| 44% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 44% | OHS | 3 | Cries of surprise ... with a hint to all the non-Y vowels found in this puzzle |
| 44% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 43% | WALLFLOWERS | 11 | Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter |
| 43% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |
| 41% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 41% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 41% | JUMPSUITS | 9 | Garments similar to rompers … with a hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle |
| 41% | BLACKCOMEDY | 11 | Morbid humor ... or a hint to how the thematic clues in this puzzle reimagine representation on TV? |
| 41% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | EIEIO | 5 | Children's song refrain ... with a hint to this puzzle's central nine squares |
| 40% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 40% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 40% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 40% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 40% | THEMANFROMUNCLE | 15 | 1960's TV hit … whose last word completes the answers to the nine starred clues |