| 100% | STOPDROPANDROLL | 15 | Instructions for fire safety ... or for completing four puzzle answers |
| 47% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites … or instructions for answering this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | MOVESOVER | 9 | Makes room, and when parsed differently, an instruction for four answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | NUMBERONE | 9 | Words needed to complete four puzzle answers |
| 42% | WINDFALL | 8 | Jackpot, e.g., and a hint to completing four puzzle answers |
| 42% | XFACTOR | 7 | Intangible quality responsible for four puzzle answers |
| 42% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Where you go for a fresh start ... or a hint for four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | EMPTYEXCUSE | 11 | Lame justification for the letter substitution in four puzzle answers? |
| 39% | SHOWSTOPPER | 11 | Big musical number ... or what 60-Across is to four puzzle answers? |
| 39% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 39% | HEADCOLD | 8 | Malady that accounts for four Across puzzle answers |
| 39% | PRMAN | 5 | Ad guy responsible for four long puzzle answers? |
| 39% | TURNDOWNTHEBED | 14 | Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers |
| 39% | MINIBAR | 7 | Hotel room amenity ... or one of the configurations that resolve four puzzle answers |
| 39% | SUITSUP | 7 | Gets ready for the big game ... and a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 38% | ASSISTANTDA | 11 | Prosecutor ... or what four long puzzle answers have received? |
| 38% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | IOERROR | 7 | Computer glitch responsible for four of this puzzle's answers |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | Call for assistance hidden in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 38% | SWITCHEDONTHETV | 15 | Got ready to binge-watch ... or a hint to phonetic changes in four puzzle answers |
| 37% | LONG | 4 | Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers |
| 37% | APIN | 4 | "Put ___ in it," advice for solving four answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | NINEHOLES | 9 | Quick outing for Tiger Woods ... or what this completed puzzle contains |
| 37% | GETOVERIT | 9 | Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |
| 37% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 37% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | MIXEDEMOTIONS | 13 | Mental conflict ... or what may be found in four long puzzle answers? |
| 37% | TAKEMEOUT | 9 | Request regarding "the ball game" … or instructions for answering the starred clues |
| 37% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 36% | NOUNDERWEAR | 11 | Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle |