| 100% | EMPEROR | 7 | Kind of penguin, or a Japanese ruler |
| 56% | GAG | 3 | Kind of reflex or a joke |
| 56% | POLO | 4 | Kind of shirt or a horseback game |
| 54% | MISO | 4 | Kind of soup at a Japanese restaurant |
| 54% | KOI | 3 | Kind of pond in a Japanese garden |
| 54% | HEDGE | 5 | Kind of fund, or a row of bushes |
| 53% | STILETTO | 8 | A kind of heel or a kind of knife |
| 52% | IRIS | 4 | Kind of flower, or a colorful part of the eye |
| 52% | GIN | 3 | Kind of rummy, or a liquor that's not rum |
| 52% | PERCH | 5 | Kind of fish, or where a bird sits |
| 51% | ROE | 3 | Fish eggs, or a kind of deer |
| 51% | GARTER | 6 | Hose holder, or a kind of snake |
| 51% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order ... or a hint to this puzzle's unusual construction |
| 51% | PALM | 4 | Kind of a tree, or a part of the hand |
| 51% | FOOD | 4 | Kind of truck that may sell a burrito or hotdog |
| 51% | TYPE | 4 | A kind of item, or a genre of music |
| 50% | ARIA | 4 | "Legacies" actor Shahghasemi, or a kind of song |
| 50% | NEWT | 4 | Ex-politician Gingrich, or a kind of salamander |
| 50% | PORT | 4 | Cruise ship stop or a kind of wine |
| 50% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | ASH | 3 | Kind of tree, or what's left of a burnt tree |
| 49% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 49% | SOVEREIGN | 9 | A monarch or supreme ruler of a country |
| 49% | CHIEF | 5 | Leader or ruler of a people |
| 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 |
| 49% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 48% | DOOZIE | 6 | A unique or strikingly different one of its kind |
| 48% | STOUT | 5 | Kind of beer ... or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across |
| 47% | ASST | 4 | Kind of prof. or D.A. |