| 100% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 52% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 48% | LOOPDELOOPS | 11 | Upside-down parts of a roller coaster ride — represented twice in the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 45% | IBEFOREE | 8 | Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | TUESDAY | 7 | Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | REPRONUNCIATION | 15 | Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle |
| 43% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 42% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 41% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 40% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 40% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 40% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words ... and a hint to four side-by-side pairs of puzzle answers |
| 39% | EXERCISEYOURRIGHT | 17 | Vote, say, and a clue to one side of the asterisked answers |
| 39% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 39% | ITSTHEBERRIES | 13 | Old expression of admiration (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |
| 38% | LEGALREPRESENTATION | 19 | [aria-label] Depiction of a gavel and scales * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| 38% | SALTSHAKER | 10 | One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 38% | ALT | 3 | Key to both the left and right of a PC's space bar |
| 38% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | FILLINTHEBLANK | 14 | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| 38% | MOVIECANDY | 10 | Best part of going to the theater...and a hint to the starred clues |
| 38% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 37% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 37% | DIE | 3 | One of six objects hidden in this puzzle's 5×5 sections of white squares (and where you need to find the letters matching the value shown there) |
| 37% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 37% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 37% | CLASS | 5 | Plane seating division (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |