| 100% | ZAMBONI | 7 | Machine waiting to enter the middle of this grid, as suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 54% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 53% | DOG | 3 | ___ days (time of summer suggested by the answers to the starred clues) |
| 50% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 49% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? |
| 48% | EVERYTHINGBAGEL | 15 | Breakfast order suggested by the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 47% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 45% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | With "The," one of 50 since 8/21/1959, as hinted at by the answers to starred clues |
| 45% | CHANGESONESTUNE | 15 | Starts looking at things differently, as demonstrated by the first words of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 45% | FLIPFLOPS | 9 | Questionable political moves suggested by the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 44% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | BIGEASY | 7 | Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares |
| 44% | AANDE | 5 | "Ghost Hunters" channel suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | WORD | 4 | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 43% | SNAPCHAT | 8 | Popular mobile app ... and, as shown by circles, what the inner parts of the answers to starred clues do |
| 43% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | GREAT | 5 | With 27-, 49- and 66-Across, phrase applicable to five innovations in this puzzle (as suggested by the starred clues) |
| 42% | STONEAGE | 8 | Apparent setting for a two-letter comic strip suggested by the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 42% | LOSEWEIGHT | 10 | Common New Year's resolution -- as hinted at by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 42% | FIVEWS | 6 | Journalism's traditional set of questions, obliquely addressed by the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | TURNTURNTURN | 12 | #1 hit by the Byrds ... or directions for reading the answers to this puzzle's starred clues (always clockwise as indicated) |
| 41% | MODUSOPERANDI | 13 | Plan of action, as "initially" found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 41% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | INVENTIONS | 10 | Legacy of 72-Down, seven of which appear among this puzzle's answers and one more suggested by the black squares in the middle of the grid |