| 100% | ROCKBOTTOM | 10 | Lowest level, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| 79% | SPLITSECONDS | 12 | Brief moments, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| 70% | BACKBOARD | 9 | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| 69% | STATEYOURNAME | 13 | Common request from a prosecutor, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
| 68% | SHAMEONYOU | 10 | "That wasn't nice!" and a hint to a trigram hidden in the asterisked answers |
| 66% | COLDFRONT | 9 | Harbinger of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 66% | COLDFRONTS | 10 | Harbingers of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 63% | UPPERCASE | 9 | Caps, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 63% | DIVIDERS | 8 | Boundaries, and a hint to the puzzle's starred answers |
| 63% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 63% | WRITTENINSTONE | 14 | Firmly fixed, and a hint to the answers with circles |
| 63% | TURNOFPHRASE | 12 | "Nice" expression ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | STOPIN | 6 | Visit briefly ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | LASTLAUGH | 9 | Ultimate satisfaction, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | BELLBOTTOMS | 11 | Retro pants, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | CANNEDHAMS | 10 | Spam relatives ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | OPENINGACT | 10 | Show starter ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack bet ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 63% | MIXEDDOUBLES | 12 | Wimbledon category, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | SPLITENDS | 9 | Perm problem, and a hint to the four two-part answers |
| 62% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 62% | BBB | 3 | Consumer protection org., and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | RANDB | 5 | Ray Charles' genre, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | DOUBLETEAM | 10 | Pass coverage tactic ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | GIS | 3 | USO show audience ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | BUZZWORDS | 9 | Snazzy jargon, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 62% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 62% | SEVENSEAS | 9 | Global group, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 62% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |