| 100% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 61% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 52% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created |
| 50% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 49% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | PANDL | 5 | CFO's monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 49% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 48% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 47% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 47% | BACKINTOACORNER | 15 | Trap, and a hint for how to enter eight answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 47% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 46% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 45% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 45% | TAKINGNOTES | 11 | Creating study aids during a classroom lecture, and how seven long answers in this puzzle were created? |
| 45% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 45% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 45% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | ABSENTEES | 9 | Educators' concerns ... or, a phonetic hint to how four long puzzle answers were derived |
| 45% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 45% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |