100% | YEARLY | 6 | Like the return of swallows to Capistrano |
54% | YEARLY | 6 | How the swallows returned to San Juan Capistrano |
49% | SOAPY | 5 | Like the taste of cilantro, to some |
46% | SCENE | 5 | Return to the ___ of the crime |
45% | GREEN | 5 | Like the starts of the answers to the six starred clues |
45% | TASED | 5 | Like the villainous Max Shreck, at the end of "Batman Returns" |
45% | LONG | 4 | Like the description "drawn out excessively to the point of ridiculousness" |
45% | LAND | 4 | Return to the ground, like an airplane |
45% | BEAMUP | 6 | Return to the Enterprise like Riker, say |
44% | SOOTIER | 7 | Like Santa after returning to the North Pole? |
44% | TIL | 3 | Until, to the likes of Tennyson |
43% | YENS | 4 | Overwhelming hankerings, like the urge to eat yet another handful of peanuts |
43% | REFLUX | 6 | To flow back or return, like acid in the esophagus |
43% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
43% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
43% | DEFLATE | 7 | To let the air out of an object, like a balloon |
42% | SEWEDUP | 7 | Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues |
42% | OUTINFORCE | 10 | Like a throng of protesters taking to the streets |
42% | FREE | 4 | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
42% | STERN | 5 | Like the tone of a talking-to |
42% | REDANDWHITE | 11 | Like the Canadian flag ... and a hint to the first names of 24- and 48-Across |
42% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
41% | BENTOUT | 7 | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
41% | WEST | 4 | Last part of the country to report election returns, usually, with "the" |
41% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of the office that Joe Biden would like to work in |
40% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
40% | SELFMADE | 8 | Like the hero of a rags-to-riches story, perhaps |
40% | LEND | 4 | Await the return of |
40% | LENDS | 5 | Expects the return of |