| 100% | BORDERTOWNS | 11 | Mexicali and Calexico, and a hint to this puzzle's perimeter answers |
| 73% | BORDERDISPUTE | 13 | Root of territorial conflict, and a hint to this puzzle's perimeter |
| 73% | ELMORE | 6 | "Rum Punch" writer Leonard, and a hint to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 71% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 70% | PANDL | 5 | CFO's monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 70% | LOL | 3 | Response to a funny text, and a hint to this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 70% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 69% | NOPE | 4 | Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 68% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 68% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 67% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 67% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 67% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
| 65% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 65% | INTHEHOLE | 9 | Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers |
| 64% | INOVERTIME | 10 | When some contests are resolved, and a hint to ending this puzzle's theme answers |
| 64% | MINDYOURPSANDQS | 15 | "Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | UPLIFTS | 7 | Elates, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | ADDED | 5 | Extra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 64% | DIVIDERS | 8 | Boundaries, and a hint to the puzzle's starred answers |
| 64% | WWW | 3 | Internet letters, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | ITSGONNACOSTYOU | 15 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | EMCEE | 5 | Intro deliverer, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | AGELESS | 7 | Eternal, and a hint to this puzzle's phonetic theme |
| 64% | TURNTABLES | 10 | DJs' devices ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 64% | CAKEMIXES | 9 | Baking conveniences, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 64% | EYESRIGHT | 9 | Marching command, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 64% | DROPDEAD | 8 | Utterly (gorgeous), and a hint to this puzzle's theme |