| 100% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 74% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 72% | BALLRETURN | 10 | Bowling alley device, and a hint to the hidden word in each starred answer |
| 71% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue |
| 65% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | SWAPMEET | 8 | Collectors' event, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 65% | BUMAROUND | 9 | Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 64% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 64% | RAILSPLITTER | 12 | Abraham Lincoln nickname, and a hint to a hidden word in each answer to a starred clue |
| 64% | POWERPLAY | 9 | Takeover endeavor ... and a hint to what can precede each word in the answers to starred clues |
| 62% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 58% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Exchange ringer, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 58% | INNERCITY | 9 | Densely populated area, and a hint to the capitals in the starred answers |
| 58% | EXCHANGERATES | 13 | Money-converting numbers, and a hint to the last words of the starred answers |
| 58% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Treasure-indicating phrase, and a hint to the first words of the starred answers |
| 58% | LIGHTHEADED | 11 | Feeling woozy ... and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues |
| 58% | MOREORLESS | 10 | Roughly, and a hint to the words hidden in 18-, 23-, 36- and 52-Across |
| 58% | SHAMEONYOU | 10 | "That wasn't nice!" and a hint to a trigram hidden in the asterisked answers |
| 57% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 57% | PARTINGSHOT | 11 | Last word, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 57% | CANIGETAWITNESS | 15 | Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 57% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 56% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | SNOWJOBS | 8 | Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | CANIGETANAMEN | 13 | "Anyone agree with me?" and a hint to what's hidden in the starred answers |
| 56% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 56% | SCREENTIME | 10 | Amount of TV watching limited by parents, and a hint to the last word of the answers to starred clues |
| 55% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues |