| 100% | HBOMB | 5 | Its testing awakened Godzilla ... and what's dropped, facetiously, into five puzzle answers |
| 36% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 35% | INDOORS | 7 | Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers |
| 34% | REPRISES | 8 | Repeated musical passages, and what happens in five answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 32% | RECYCLEDMETAL | 13 | Scrapyard commodity ... and what's hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers |
| 31% | THROWUNDERTHEBUS | 16 | Betray for personal advantage, and what's depicted five times in this puzzle |
| 31% | CATCHAFISH | 10 | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| 31% | CROSS | 5 | What this puzzle's across and down answers do |
| 31% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 31% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 31% | PICTUREINPICTURE | 16 | Multifeed television setting, and what six of this puzzle's answers display |
| 30% | DNA | 3 | Building block of life, and what's hidden in this puzzle's 4 longest answers |
| 30% | HIGHTEA | 7 | British afternoon tradition, and what this puzzle's four longest answers literally have? |
| 30% | STRETCHGOAL | 11 | Crowdfunding target, and what can be found in three of this puzzle's answers |
| 29% | SPILLEDMILK | 11 | Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? |
| 29% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Basketball stat, and what can be found in six of this puzzle's long answers |
| 29% | PAPAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 29% | MAMAS | 5 | Half of a 1960s pop group, and what's found in half of this puzzle's long answers |
| 29% | LANDONTHEMOON | 13 | Arrive as astronauts did 7/20/69 ... and what's literally seen in seven pairs of puzzle answers |
| 29% | UPENDED | 7 | Flipped ... and what four puzzle answers are? |
| 29% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 29% | TOPDOLLAR | 9 | Highest price, and what five Down answers have |
| 28% | MIXEDDRINK | 10 | What's clued in parentheses for each of four answers, and found in corresponding sets of puzzle circles |
| 28% | PASSINGLANE | 11 | It's left on a highway ... or a path used by five answers in this puzzle? |
| 28% | RINGS | 5 | Five __ (Olympic logo, and what's within the seven longest answers) |
| 28% | SPLITEND | 8 | Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has |
| 28% | DDAY | 4 | Its beaches begin five answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | TYPO | 4 | What each starred clue — and its answer — contains |