| 100% | HEDGE | 5 | Kind of fund, or a row of bushes |
| 60% | STILETTO | 8 | A kind of heel or a kind of knife |
| 59% | MUTUAL | 6 | Kind of fund or friend |
| 59% | GAG | 3 | Kind of reflex or a joke |
| 58% | POLO | 4 | Kind of shirt or a horseback game |
| 57% | HEDGE | 5 | A kind of fund |
| 55% | TYPE | 4 | A kind of item, or a genre of music |
| 55% | HEDGE | 5 | Row of bushes that mark a boundary |
| 55% | EMPEROR | 7 | Kind of penguin, or a Japanese ruler |
| 54% | JET | 3 | Shade of black, or a kind of plane |
| 53% | GRANT | 5 | Give permission or a fund of money |
| 53% | ROE | 3 | Fish eggs, or a kind of deer |
| 53% | GARTER | 6 | Hose holder, or a kind of snake |
| 53% | HEDGE | 5 | Row of bushes that marks the edge of a property |
| 53% | IRIS | 4 | Kind of flower, or a colorful part of the eye |
| 53% | GIN | 3 | Kind of rummy, or a liquor that's not rum |
| 53% | ARIA | 4 | "Legacies" actor Shahghasemi, or a kind of song |
| 53% | PERCH | 5 | Kind of fish, or where a bird sits |
| 53% | NEWT | 4 | Ex-politician Gingrich, or a kind of salamander |
| 53% | PORT | 4 | Cruise ship stop or a kind of wine |
| 52% | LILAC | 5 | Type of flowering bush, or a shade of purple |
| 51% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order ... or a hint to this puzzle's unusual construction |
| 51% | LULUS | 5 | Outstanding examples of a particular kind of people or things |
| 51% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | ASH | 3 | Kind of tree, or what's left of a burnt tree |
| 50% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 50% | PALM | 4 | Kind of a tree, or a part of the hand |
| 50% | FOOD | 4 | Kind of truck that may sell a burrito or hotdog |
| 49% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | ESSAY | 5 | Kind of test ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across |