| 100% | STOPLOSS | 8 | Kind of order to a broker |
| 68% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order ... or a hint to this puzzle's unusual construction |
| 64% | SELL | 4 | Order to a broker |
| 64% | BUY | 3 | Order to a broker |
| 58% | IFTHEN | 6 | Kind of statement, to a programmer |
| 58% | CALORIC | 7 | Kind of intake, to a nutritionist |
| 56% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | DEAL | 4 | Order to someone holding a deck of cards |
| 55% | ACAI | 4 | Kind of bowl ordered at a juice bar |
| 54% | ARISTOPHANES | 12 | Order to Onassis to block a brand of underwear? |
| 54% | STABLE | 6 | Kind of income a lending officer likes to see |
| 54% | ONERUN | 6 | Kind of lead a closer often has to protect |
| 54% | SUCHAS | 6 | Of a similar kind to |
| 53% | STOPLOSS | 8 | Order for a broker to sell at a predetermined price |
| 53% | ONES | 4 | Kind of a place to the left of a decimal |
| 53% | TENTHS | 6 | Kind of a place to the right of a decimal |
| 53% | GULL | 4 | Kind of bird likely to be spotted around a beach |
| 52% | UKIAH | 5 | California city that reverses to a kind of poem |
| 52% | FOURH | 5 | Kind of club that's a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 52% | FRO | 3 | Kind of 'do it's really tough to wear a beanie with |
| 52% | USB | 3 | Kind of connection from a mobile device to a PC |
| 51% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 51% | PETRI | 5 | German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish |
| 51% | SORCERY | 7 | “What kind of ___ is this?” (response to a seemingly impossible feat) |
| 50% | PUB | 3 | Where to order a pint of ale |
| 50% | TWOPAIR | 7 | It loses to three of a kind |
| 50% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | EPSOM | 5 | British racing town that lent its name to a kind of salt |
| 50% | EAMES | 5 | Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair |
| 50% | WORKFLOW | 8 | Order of processes from start to end of a job |