| 100% | FISHORCUTBAIT | 13 | Line to the indecisive, and what you'll need to add in order to complete some lines in this puzzle |
| 59% | MAKEA | 5 | With 69- and 70-Across, get to the point . . . or what you’ll need to do with some of the answers in this puzzle? |
| 51% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Brain trust, and what you need to add to solve 16 clues in this puzzle |
| 50% | JACKINTHEBOXES | 14 | Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the circled areas of this puzzle |
| 45% | DOTTEDTHEIS | 11 | Attended to details, and what you've done in five places if you've completed the puzzle |
| 43% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 42% | ADOZENROSES | 11 | What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style |
| 41% | FOREST | 6 | What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle? |
| 41% | SUBCONTRACTED | 13 | Outsourced, and what happened to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | CONNECTALLTHEOS | 15 | What to do after completing this puzzle, with four straight lines |
| 40% | PUTONANACT | 10 | Pretend, and what you'll find five times in this puzzle |
| 40% | SPINCLASSES | 11 | Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 40% | CINNAMON | 8 | (2/5) You'll also need this staple spice that adds warmth and sweetness to the pie filling |
| 40% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | GINGER | 6 | (3/5) Then you'll need some spice from a root that adds a zesty kick and warmth to the filling |
| 40% | SLANT | 5 | Incline (and a hint to the location in this completed puzzle of the first line of 9- & 59-Across) |
| 39% | FORK | 4 | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| 39% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 38% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Do some holiday decorating ... and what you need to do to four puzzle answers to produce familiar phrases? |
| 38% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | MOUNTAINHIGHVALLEYLOW | 21 | Classic song with the repeated line "If you need me, I will be nearby" ... shown symbolically in this puzzle |
| 38% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 38% | PASSNOTES | 9 | Furtively communicate in class, or what you need to do seven times in this puzzle |
| 38% | SERIES | 6 | With 68-Across, end to some bingeing, and what appears six times in this puzzle |
| 38% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | ONCEUPONATIME | 13 | Storybook starter, and what you'll find three instances of in this puzzle |
| 38% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 37% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | LITTLEHELPHERE | 14 | "I could use some assistance" ... and a hint to the contents of three squares in this puzzle |