| 100% | UPS | 3 | Paradoxical answer to appear among the Downs in a crossword |
| 45% | GRID | 4 | Where to enter the answers in a crossword |
| 43% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 41% | GEEIDONTKNOW | 12 | Paradoxical answer to "What is 'Golf' in the NATO alphabet?" |
| 41% | GROUPCHAT | 9 | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
| 41% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 39% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 39% | SOLUTION | 8 | The answer to a problem, such as a crossword clue |
| 38% | GRID | 4 | Where to enter answers in a crossword |
| 38% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 38% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 38% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 38% | XXXXX | 5 | Sound of touching glasses in a toast (and a hint to finding the contest answer) |
| 38% | PUTARINGONIT | 12 | Lock in a spouse, and what the first letters of six Down answers do visually |
| 37% | SPEAKUP | 7 | "Louder!"...and a clue to the starts of four Down answers |
| 37% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | BUGS | 4 | Software glitches ... and, in a broad sense, small things hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues? |
| 37% | DOWNANDDIRTY | 12 | Done in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues |
| 37% | CORD | 4 | Telephone wire, or change a letter in 14a to get the answer |
| 37% | MUM | 3 | Close-mouthed, or change a letter in 27d to get the answer |
| 37% | MAD | 3 | Extremely upset, or change a letter in 6d to get the answer |
| 37% | THISANDTHAT | 11 | Miscellany, and a hint to the hidden words in the starred answers |
| 37% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 37% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 37% | METOO | 5 | "Ditto!" (and a hint to what's in the grid-spanning answers) |
| 37% | ERR | 3 | Put the wrong answer in a crossword puzzle, e.g. |
| 37% | CLUE | 4 | It leads to an answer in a crossword |
| 37% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 36% | KARATE | 6 | Sport whose belt levels, from beginning to advanced, appear in the starred answers |