| 100% | NEAT | 4 | How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 60% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 60% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 60% | ITSINTHERE | 10 | Longtime Prego slogan ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 60% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 58% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 57% | SETIN | 5 | With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 57% | INBED | 5 | How breakfast may be served ... or how the answers to the eight starred clues should be entered? |
| 56% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 55% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 54% | NATO | 4 | With 115-Across, communication system that's a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 54% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | FOLLOWINGTHE | 12 | With 58-Down, a patient process? ... or a hint to two consecutive letters in the answer to each of the seven starred clues |
| 53% | LONDON | 6 | 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 53% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 52% | WATER | 5 | Liquid whose chemical formula is a homophonic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 52% | RANDD | 5 | Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 52% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | 2000 novelty hit ... or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 52% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 52% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 sci-fi thriller ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | HANDM | 5 | Swedish-based international clothing giant ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 52% | PANDG | 5 | Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 51% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |