| 100% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 58% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 57% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 57% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 57% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 57% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 57% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 54% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "In Rainbows" rockers, and a hint to what changes four puzzle answers |
| 54% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 53% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 52% | SHAPESUP | 8 | Gets fit, and a literal hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DROPPINGBY | 10 | Visiting, and a hint to what we're doing in five Across answers |
| 52% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 52% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 51% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 51% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 51% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 51% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |