| 100% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 85% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 80% | LOWKEY | 6 | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 79% | RECCENTER | 9 | Community sports facility ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | SAYCHEESE | 9 | "Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | AGES | 4 | A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 77% | ITSATRAP | 8 | Warning cry ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| 76% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 75% | THINK | 5 | With 19-Across, reconsider ... or a hint to the starts of the five starred clues |
| 72% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 72% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Express lack of interest on Tinder ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 71% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 71% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 71% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 71% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | COOKOFF | 7 | Kitchen competition ... or a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 71% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | ITSINTHERE | 10 | Longtime Prego slogan ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | BREAKDANCES | 11 | Acrobatic street moves ... or a hint to parts of the answers to starred clues |
| 70% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 70% | RANDD | 5 | Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 70% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | 2000 novelty hit ... or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 70% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | MONEY | 5 | With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 70% | INTHEPAST | 9 | Back then ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 70% | TIES | 4 | Binds ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |