| 100% | JOKES | 5 | One-liners, puns, and answers to why the chicken crossed the road |
| 47% | ANTIJOKE | 8 | "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side," e.g. |
| 46% | POLLOQUESTION | 13 | Why did the chicken cross the road?, e.g., in Tijuana? |
| 44% | DID | 3 | "Why ___ the chicken cross the road?" |
| 41% | DARK | 4 | Why did Anakin Skywalker cross the road? "To get to the ___ side" |
| 41% | POLLOQUESTION | 13 | "Why did the chicken cross the road?," e.g., in Tijuana? |
| 40% | INTHEDOGHOUSE | 13 | Out of favor with one's partner, and where to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | "Why did Adele cross the road? To say ___!" |
| 39% | WHY | 3 | "___ did the chicken cross the road?" |
| 38% | SEEALSO | 7 | Cross-reference indicator ... and directions to the link among the five longest puzzle answers |
| 38% | UDDER | 5 | "Why did the cow cross the road? To get to the ___ side!" (punny riddle) |
| 38% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 37% | UNFRIENDS | 9 | Cuts social media ties with, and what one does to complete the theme answers |
| 37% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | PATHFINDERS | 11 | Explorers ... and ones who can determine what the answers to starred clues have in common? |
| 37% | BEARDGROWTH | 11 | Why one might have to shave, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | SKELETON | 8 | "Why did the ___ cross the road? To get to the body shop" |
| 37% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 37% | USEAN | 5 | With 60-Across, disguise one's identity ... and what the answers to starred clues subtly do? |
| 36% | RISINGSEALEVELS | 15 | One effect of global warming, and a hint to the five longest Down answers |
| 36% | EXERCISEYOURRIGHT | 17 | Vote, say, and a clue to one side of the asterisked answers |
| 36% | INVASIONOFTHE | 13 | With 44-Across, classic 1956 film ... and why the answers to starred clues aren't quite themselves? |
| 36% | ITSASTART | 9 | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| 36% | PED | 3 | One crossing the road, for short |
| 36% | MERGE | 5 | Something road construction often requires and the "zipper" ones seem to be preferred |
| 36% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 36% | EGOBOOSTS | 9 | Lifts for one's self-esteem, and what's been given to the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | STRINGSATTACHED | 15 | What some favors and one part of the answers to 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across come with? |
| 35% | FOOTBRIDGE | 10 | Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | RELOCATIONS | 11 | Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? |