| 100% | CONGA | 5 | Latin American dance of three steps and a kick to each bar |
| 36% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 35% | CONGA | 5 | Latin American line dance with quite a kick |
| 34% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Roughhouse, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | POLKA | 5 | 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop |
| 33% | CHA | 3 | Half of a Latin American dance |
| 33% | ROOM | 4 | One of three found in each answer to a starred clue |
| 33% | CALLLETTERS | 11 | Station identifiers, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | ABOUTFACE | 9 | Military command, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | CUTIN | 5 | Interrupt ... and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 33% | WINGCHAIRS | 10 | Parlor pieces, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | TAILSPINS | 9 | Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 33% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 33% | MULTIPLECHOICE | 14 | Kind of test ... and a hint to a word hidden three times each in 16-, 22-, 38- and 48-Across |
| 33% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Postnuptial alteration, and a hint to each set of puzzle circles |
| 33% | ALTERNATEROUTE | 14 | GPS suggestion, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 33% | JUMPINGBEAN | 11 | Tumbling seed, and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 33% | SIDECAR | 7 | Brandy cocktail, and a hint to each set of circled letters |
| 32% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 32% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Final leg ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 32% | SPLITTHEATOM | 12 | Nuclear fission phrase, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 31% | MIDDLEMAN | 9 | Go-between ... and a hint to each set of circles |
| 31% | EDGECASE | 8 | Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 31% | SLICEDVEGGIES | 13 | Salad crudités ... and a hint to each row of circled letters |
| 31% | WORKSHANDINHAND | 15 | Collaborates closely, and a literal hint to what each of 16-, 23-, 45- and 58-Across does |
| 31% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 31% | THE | 3 | With 71-Across and each answer to a starred clue, all of it |
| 31% | CHACHA | 6 | Latin American ballroom dance with small steps and swaying hip movements |
| 31% | SPLITLEVEL | 10 | House with short staircases, and a hint to each row of circles |