| 100% | WNBA | 4 | Org. that includes each part of four puzzle answers |
| 48% | EDGE | 4 | Part of a jigsaw puzzle that includes straight sides |
| 44% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 43% | PREPOSITION | 11 | Part of speech some say shouldn't end a sentence, but that does end each starred answer |
| 41% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 41% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 41% | FIRSTDANCE | 10 | Wedding reception highlight ... and a feature of four puzzle answers |
| 41% | PALINDROME | 10 | Part of eight of this puzzle's long answers |
| 40% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 40% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 40% | BOXINGDAY | 9 | December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the "gifts" contained inside four answers |
| 39% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 39% | NEUTRALCORNER | 13 | Part of a puzzle having no theme answers? |
| 39% | OOHED | 5 | Part of the expression that includes '... and aahed' |
| 39% | KNEE | 4 | Part of the body that includes the patella |
| 39% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 38% | PECLASS | 7 | Part of school that includes push-ups and situps |
| 38% | TORSO | 5 | Part of the body that includes the rib cage |
| 38% | ADV | 3 | Part of speech that answers the question "How?" (Abbr.) |
| 38% | CODA | 4 | Part of "Hey Jude" that lasts nearly four minutes |
| 38% | EPA | 3 | Org. that includes the Office of Water |
| 38% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle? |
| 38% | CHORUS | 6 | Part of a song that is repeated after each verse |
| 38% | SENATE | 6 | Part of Congress that includes Elizabeth Warren and Joni Ernst |
| 38% | GREEKLETTERS | 12 | Contents of four answers found in this puzzle |
| 38% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Finland and Canada |
| 38% | ARCTIC | 6 | Region that includes parts of Greenland and Norway |
| 37% | GETTINGTHEW | 11 | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| 37% | MAINLAND | 8 | Part of a country that doesn't include its detached territories |
| 37% | IOWA | 4 | State that includes part of the Omaha metro area |