| 100% | SUNNYSIDEUP | 11 | Like some eggs . . . and how four answers are presented in this puzzle |
| 57% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | With the slightest provocation, and how four answers in this puzzle make sense |
| 51% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 50% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 44% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 44% | PEOPLEOFTHECLOTH | 16 | Clergy ... and four answers in this puzzle? |
| 44% | TTOPS | 5 | Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle's four longest answers have in common |
| 44% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 43% | UTTERLYCLUELESS | 15 | Lost, like three answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively |
| 43% | RAILROADED | 10 | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| 42% | TEEDOFF | 7 | Steamed ... and like five answers in this puzzle? |
| 41% | HAUNTED | 7 | Full of ghosts ... like four answers in this puzzle? |
| 41% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 41% | GEM | 3 | Stone that's "cut" in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 41% | NDA | 3 | Confidentiality contract initials found in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 40% | TRUE | 4 | Like some statements in a Knights and Knaves puzzle |
| 40% | TAKINGNOTES | 11 | Creating study aids during a classroom lecture, and how seven long answers in this puzzle were created? |
| 40% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 40% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 40% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | SITUP | 5 | Crunch cousin, and a feature of four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | SQUAREROOTS | 11 | Some Down answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | BLACKOPS | 8 | Some covert assignments, and a hint to four spots in this puzzle |
| 40% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | WATERCOLORS | 11 | Some Winslow Homer art ... or what five answers in this puzzle are? |
| 39% | GAPTOOTHED | 10 | Like some smiles in an orthodontist's office ... and like three puzzle rows |
| 39% | INARO | 5 | Indirectly ... or how some of this puzzle's answers should be entered? |
| 39% | SHAPESUP | 8 | Gets fit, and a literal hint to four answers in this puzzle |