| 100% | CLOCK | 5 | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Hit Netflix show that hints at the theme hidden in the puzzle's borders |
| 38% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | JUMP | 4 | Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 38% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | MONSTERSINC | 11 | 2001 Pixar movie that hints at the first parts of 20-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 38% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 38% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 37% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | THELEANINGTOWER | 15 | Noted Italian campanile that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | BUGS | 4 | They're found at the end of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 36% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 36% | SEEMEAFTERCLASS | 15 | Ominous message at the top of a returned assignment ... and a hint to the beginning of four answers in this puzzle? |
| 35% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 35% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 35% | ANTS | 4 | Tiny critters in the shaded parts of this puzzle |
| 35% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 35% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | CLUE | 4 | Something that gives a hint of the answer (just like this one) |
| 35% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |