| 100% | ONEA | 4 | In this puzzle, it’s clued as “Feeling :(” |
| 61% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | ONEDOWN | 7 | In this puzzle it starts B-E-L |
| 56% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 56% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef quoted in this puzzle's starred clues |
| 55% | COIN | 4 | It's flipped in this puzzle |
| 54% | PUBLICEDUCATION | 15 | What this puzzle's four missing clues spell, in order |
| 54% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 53% | ERR | 3 | Count six E's in this puzzle clue, for example |
| 53% | WATER | 5 | It's seven, in this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | ENG | 3 | This puzzle is in it, briefly |
| 52% | NEEDLEINAHAYSTACK | 17 | Item hidden somewhere in this puzzle (where is it?) |
| 50% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 50% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 50% | FORTYNINERS | 11 | Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues |
| 50% | DOWNS | 5 | 15 clues in this puzzle |
| 50% | CAPS | 4 | THIS CLUE IS IN IT |
| 49% | TWISTINGONESARM | 15 | Using coercion, as shown in this puzzle's circles |
| 49% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 49% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 49% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 49% | BASE | 4 | It's greater than seven, in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | ACID | 4 | It's less than seven, in this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | YELLOWRIVER | 11 | Body of water meeting this puzzle's landmark at a spot known in English as Old Ox Bay |
| 48% | EVEN | 4 | Like each answer in this puzzle - also each word in each clue - in length |
| 48% | ABBR | 4 | Clue hint used four times in this puzzle (but can't be used here because it would give away the answer) |
| 48% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 48% | SIX | 3 | Words per clue in this puzzle |
| 48% | YODASPEAK | 9 | Written in it this clue is |
| 48% | BALANCHINE | 10 | George, in this puzzle's theme |