| 100% | LOMBARDI | 8 | Name on a trophy the contest answer helped to win twice |
| 37% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 37% | CAPITAL | 7 | A hint to the contest answer |
| 37% | ENTER | 5 | Answer to a knock on the door |
| 36% | SHEEPDOG | 8 | Canine that helps to herd the lambs on a farm |
| 36% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 34% | STRIKEONE | 9 | Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | ERNEST | 6 | Name on the cover of ''A Farewell to Arms'' |
| 34% | LETTHEREBELIGHT | 15 | Facetious comment when turning on a device whose components end the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | ERR | 3 | Fail to answer in the form of a question on “Jeopardy!,” say |
| 34% | ITSADEAL | 8 | "You're on!" … and a hint to answering the seven starred clues |
| 33% | THEENDISNIGH | 12 | *Warning on a street prophet's sandwich board ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | PENCE | 5 | Name on a 2016 winning ticket |
| 33% | TURNDOWNTHEBED | 14 | Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers |
| 33% | WALLFLOWERS | 11 | Shy sorts, with a hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter |
| 33% | FUZZ | 4 | Fibrous fluff on a tennis ball which helps the ball slow down and allows players to control it better |
| 33% | ELLA | 4 | Name on a ''Mack the Knife'' Grammy (1960) |
| 33% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 32% | TEAMMATES | 9 | They're on the same side ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Express lack of interest on Tinder ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | DOWNWARDDOG | 11 | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| 32% | HAMMEDITUP | 10 | Went all out on stage ... or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 32% | OUIJA | 5 | 2014 film franchise based on a sinister board game of the same name that some use to speak to ghosts |
| 32% | RACER | 5 | The person driving a car to win a contest |
| 32% | NOIFSANDSORBUTS | 15 | "I won't hear any excuses!" ... also, a clue to the three other longest Across answers |
| 32% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 32% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |