| 100% | ACROSS | 6 | Like many of this puzzle's answers |
| 81% | ACROSS | 6 | Like 36 of this puzzle's answers |
| 72% | OPERA | 5 | Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one |
| 71% | ROCKSET | 7 | Description of this puzzle's theme answers, sounding like "The Look" singers? |
| 65% | PUN | 3 | Any of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 61% | STICK | 5 | Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers |
| 61% | ABBY | 4 | ___ Wambach, teammate of this puzzle's three longest answers |
| 61% | CONSONANT | 9 | Something each of this puzzle's answers begins with |
| 60% | LOWERCASE | 9 | Like most of these letters |
| 60% | STEERTSYAWOWT | 13 | Many thoroughfares ... or what this puzzle's Across answers consist of? |
| 60% | ANO | 3 | New element in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 60% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 60% | CHUCKLEHEAD | 11 | Nincompoop ... or a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 60% | ISOGRAM | 7 | Phrase with no repeated letters (like each of this puzzle’s seven longest answers) |
| 59% | EMIGRATION | 10 | Exodus, or a literal feature of this puzzle's starred answers |
| 59% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction for almost half of this puzzle's answers |
| 59% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 59% | BUGS | 4 | They're found at the end of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 59% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 58% | XED | 3 | Struck out, as one letter in each of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 58% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 58% | THEOKCORRAL | 11 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? |
| 58% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 58% | NOUSE | 5 | Pointless, or a phonetic hint to five of this puzzle's long answers |
| 58% | IOERROR | 7 | Computer glitch responsible for four of this puzzle's answers |
| 58% | OWO | 3 | Surprised emoticon hidden in four of this puzzle's answers |
| 57% | SIDECAR | 7 | Cognac-and-Cointreau drink, and what each of this puzzle's border answers is |
| 57% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 57% | OPEDCOLUMN | 10 | Place for airing an opinion ... or what five of this puzzle's Down answers contain? |
| 57% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |