| 100% | HOTANDCOLD | 10 | How emotions may blow, and a hint to the switches in the theme answers |
| 58% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | ESSAY | 5 | Short article, and a hint to completing the titles in the theme answers |
| 56% | INNERCITY | 9 | Densely populated area, and a hint to the capitals in the starred answers |
| 56% | FLIESSOUTH | 10 | Migrates for the winter, and a hint to the shift in the starred answers |
| 55% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 55% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 54% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 54% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
| 53% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 53% | SPAMFILTER | 10 | Email service, and a hint to how to interpret the starred answers |
| 53% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 53% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 52% | MORALHIGHGROUND | 15 | What the righteous may claim, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 52% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | BPLUS | 5 | Pretty good grade, and a hint to the theme answers |
| 52% | BEDHEAD | 7 | Messy hair in the morning, and a hint to the tops of the theme answers |
| 52% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 52% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 51% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 51% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 51% | DOUBLEDAY | 9 | Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years ... and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 50% | STOP | 4 | "Knock it off!" (or, parsed in three parts, a hint to the theme answers) |
| 49% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 49% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |