| 100% | UTURN | 5 | One-eighty ... or a hint to how to complete the incomplete answer at 1-Across |
| 47% | III | 3 | The third ... or a hint to the rhyming ends of every Across answer |
| 47% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 46% | TURNDOWNTHEBED | 14 | Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers |
| 46% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 46% | DOWNTHEPIPE | 11 | How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the shaded answers |
| 46% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 45% | SPAMFILTER | 10 | Email service, and a hint to how to interpret the starred answers |
| 45% | NAMECARDS | 9 | Labels at a dinner party ... or a hint to the circled letters hidden in the theme answers? |
| 45% | INONEEARAND | 11 | With 113-Across, heard but disregarded ... or a hint to interpreting the Across answers with circled letters |
| 45% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 45% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | WHATGOESUP | 10 | Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | THERESNOWHERETOGOBUTU | 21 | Optimist's phrase under adverse circumstances ... or a hint to completing the answers to the six starred clues |
| 45% | YOUHADTOBETHERE | 15 | "It was even funnier at the time," or a hint to making the starred clues match their answers |
| 44% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | LETTERDROP | 10 | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DOWNSIZES | 9 | Scales back, or a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 44% | WARANDPEACE | 11 | Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | STICKWITHIT | 11 | Persevere, or a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 26-, 53-, and 62-Across |
| 43% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically |
| 43% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 43% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues |