| 100% | INHD | 4 | How most TV shows air, and a hint to nine puzzle answers |
| 56% | BROADWAYSMASHES | 15 | Hit shows, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 54% | DRINKUP | 7 | Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues |
| 53% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created |
| 52% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 52% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 51% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 50% | EMMY | 4 | TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 48% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 48% | EFFRONTERY | 10 | Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers |
| 48% | LETDOWN | 7 | Disappointment ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 47% | SPAMFILTER | 10 | Email service, and a hint to how to interpret the starred answers |
| 47% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 47% | CDCHANGER | 9 | Classic audiophile's equipment, and a hint to eight long puzzle answers |
| 47% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 47% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "In Rainbows" rockers, and a hint to what changes four puzzle answers |
| 47% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
| 47% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 47% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | ALLIN | 5 | Totally committed, and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 47% | TURNDOWNSERVICE | 15 | Hotel amenity, and a hint to three puzzle answers |
| 47% | WINDFALL | 8 | Jackpot, e.g., and a hint to completing four puzzle answers |
| 47% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |