| 100% | INDEED | 6 | Job listings website founded in 2004, the year I graduated from college and needed to find a job |
| 32% | BRB | 3 | "I need to step away from the conversation for a second," in a text |
| 31% | NEWT | 4 | ___ Scamander, the lead in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"; also a tiny lizard |
| 30% | IRON | 4 | "Fe," to a chemist, and the element found in dried 42a |
| 30% | TOGAS | 5 | "Whene'er I need to get a bump / I find it right there at the pump …" |
| 30% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | Welcome words from a bartender, and where to find the ends of 17-, 30-, and 46-Across? |
| 30% | KAEPERNICK | 10 | Colin, the only player in NCAA Division I FBS history to amass 10,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards in a 4 year career |
| 30% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 29% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 29% | LESS | 4 | "Stand a little ___ between me and the sun" (reputed words from Diogenes to Alexander) |
| 29% | SEVENUP | 7 | Pop brand (and a hint to the duos you need to find) |
| 29% | VASCODAGAMA | 11 | Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Europe to India in the late 1400s: 3 wds. |
| 29% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 29% | INS | 3 | "It took me a while to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 29% | INS | 3 | "I need to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 28% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 28% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 28% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 28% | GAME | 4 | "You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a ___!" quote from "Mary Poppins" |
| 28% | OPENANDSHUTCASE | 15 | Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across |
| 28% | TOP | 3 | With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 28% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 28% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 28% | BONO | 4 | I am a member of U2 and was named one of the Time Persons of the Year in 2005 for my philanthropic efforts |
| 28% | GOA | 3 | Org, founded in 1975 that, according to its website, has "never wavered from its mission to defend the Second Amendment" (abbr.) |
| 28% | GINGER | 6 | (3/5) Then you'll need some spice from a root that adds a zesty kick and warmth to the filling |
| 28% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
| 27% | QUIETQUITTING | 13 | Refusing to go above and beyond the demands of one’s job, in a late-capitalism coinage |
| 27% | EFFIE | 5 | Avis Hotchkiss' daughter who drove with her mom in completing the 9000 mile trip from NY to SF and back in 1915 on a Harley-Davidson |