| 100% | TWODRINKMAX | 11 | Limit at the bar, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 75% | WRITTENINSTONE | 14 | Firmly fixed, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 63% | SHOEBOXES | 9 | Stack at Famous Footwear, and a hint to the sets of circled letters |
| 62% | LEAD | 4 | With 69-Across, Iditarod front-runner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | PAPERCUTTER | 11 | Stationery supply with a blade ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 61% | SQUARE | 6 | With 31-Down, hoedown activities, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 61% | SINKING | 7 | With 43-Down, uneasy anticipation ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 61% | ARTISTS | 7 | With 57-Across, creative getaway, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 61% | SHORTCHANGE | 11 | Cheat at checkout ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 61% | CORNER | 6 | With 41-Across, corporate status symbol ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 61% | RISING | 6 | With 61-Down, global warming consequence, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 60% | THE | 3 | With 63- and 64-Across, privileged info, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 60% | SHIFT | 5 | With 100-Down, change one's approach, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 60% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 60% | TWOPARTER | 9 | Story with a cliffhanger, perhaps, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 60% | BEDHEAD | 7 | Mussed hair upon waking, and a hint to the circled starts of answers |
| 60% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 60% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 59% | THERES | 6 | With 36-Across, "This has strings attached," and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 59% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 58% | ICANSHOW | 8 | With 39- and 44-Across, promise that Aladdin sings to Jasmine (and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) |
| 58% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 58% | YOUR | 4 | With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 58% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 57% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 57% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | SIDEOFFRIES | 11 | Order at a fast-food restaurant, and a hint to parts of the starred answers |
| 57% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 57% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | 9:30 a.m. event at the NYSE, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 57% | RINGSIDE | 8 | Choice seating at a boxing match, and a hint to making sense of the peripheral answers |