| 100% | MANTHATSHARD | 12 | Paradoxical answer to "What isle is located between Ireland and Great Britain?" |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | Irish ___ (water body between Ireland and Great Britain) |
| 38% | NOLETMETHINK | 12 | Paradoxical answer to "Can you say what 'nyet' is Russian for?" |
| 36% | GEEIDONTKNOW | 12 | Paradoxical answer to "What is 'Golf' in the NATO alphabet?" |
| 34% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 33% | PIANO | 5 | Answer to the riddle "I have keys but no locks and feet but no socks, what am I?" |
| 32% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 32% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 31% | CENTERPIECE | 11 | Pivotal element, and what each word in quotes in the starred clues literally is to its answer? |
| 31% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 31% | UPSELL | 6 | What the clues for 4-, 8-, 10-, 28- and 39-Down are trying to do, and what their answers feature |
| 31% | ISLE | 4 | ___ of Man (territory between Great Britain and Ireland) |
| 31% | ISLE | 4 | ___ of Man (land between Great Britain and Ireland) |
| 31% | GEEWHIZ | 7 | Beaver Cleaver expletive ... or what you might need to be to answer 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across? |
| 31% | EYELESS | 7 | Unable to see ... or, when taken as a homophone, what today's puzzle answers and clues all are |
| 30% | PAIROFPANTS | 11 | Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 30% | GENERATIONGAP | 13 | What might be found between X and Z? |
| 30% | NOR | 3 | What may be found between here and there? |
| 30% | HOLDTHATTHOUGHT | 15 | "Remember what you were about to say," and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 30% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 30% | UNITED | 6 | ___ Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 29% | BODYLANGUAGE | 12 | Nonverbal communication, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 29% | CHANGEAGENT | 11 | Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | CHOPPYWATERS | 12 | Rough sailing, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 29% | SAMESEXCOUPLES | 14 | Some partners, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 29% | STUFFEDCLAM | 11 | Seafood appetizer, and what each answer to a starred clue literally is? |
| 29% | TREEHUGGERS | 11 | Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 29% | FULLOFBEANS | 11 | Completely wrong, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 29% | FILLEDWITHJOY | 13 | Feeling euphoric, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are |
| 29% | ANNE | 4 | Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702-14 |