| 100% | SANTA | 5 | Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 67% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 62% | BLOCK | 5 | Literal element of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 59% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 57% | THREE | 5 | Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Woman associated with seven other answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | VEST | 4 | Layer found within five other answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 56% | TEPEE | 5 | Indian home ... or a hint to nine other answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | GOBACKANDFORTH | 14 | Move like eight long answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | THEIDES | 7 | Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 15 | 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle) |
| 54% | OSCAR | 5 | With 56-Down, start of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | TAKEAKNEE | 9 | What five answers in this puzzle do phonetically, in defiance of their clues? |
| 52% | YEN | 3 | Urge hidden in this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| 52% | DOCUMENTARIES | 13 | 13-letter word that each theme answer in this puzzle is an anagram of |
| 52% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Colleague of eight others who are hiding in this grid |
| 52% | SAINTNICHOLAS | 13 | Figure associated with eight answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DIAMONDS | 8 | Things associated with eight answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | DAD | 3 | Today's honoree, found in this puzzle's eight longest answers |
| 51% | EROS | 4 | Name hidden in seven other answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | PALINDROME | 10 | Part of eight of this puzzle's long answers |
| 50% | AMA | 3 | Professional org. ending eight answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | YOUREPUTTINGMEON | 16 | What eight answers in this puzzle might say if they could talk? |
| 49% | IVYLEAGUESCHOOL | 15 | Each of eight in this puzzle |
| 48% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 48% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |