| 100% | DOESTHESPLITS | 13 | Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility … or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts |
| 34% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | TOSSACOIN | 9 | Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers |
| 32% | GREYMATTER | 10 | Brains ... or this puzzle's four shaded names? |
| 32% | NOTCH | 5 | V-shaped cut ... or, in two parts, a hint to four long puzzle answers |
| 31% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 30% | ALLELBOWS | 9 | Awkwardly lanky ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
| 29% | CHARACTERARCS | 13 | Heroes' journeys, say ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
| 29% | EMPTYBOXES | 10 | Moving aids, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 29% | MOODRINGS | 9 | Color-changing fad jewelry ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
| 29% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | REGRESSIONCURVES | 16 | Visual aids on scatter plots ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
| 29% | TURNOFEVE | 9 | Unforeseen development ... or a feature seen four times in this puzzle's answers? |
| 28% | DIVIDINGLINES | 13 | Some painting in a parking lot ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? |
| 28% | INARO | 5 | Indirectly ... or how some of this puzzle's answers should be entered? |
| 28% | RBI | 3 | Stat inserted into this puzzle's long Across answers |
| 28% | POPUPAD | 7 | Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | BLACKHAT | 8 | Western villain ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | NOGO | 4 | Canceled, like a mission ... or like four answers in this puzzle? |
| 28% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | FLIP | 4 | With 65-Across, part of a record ... or what each of this puzzle's five long Across answers has? |
| 27% | PER | 3 | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 27% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | INTHECORNER | 11 | This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) |
| 27% | CHUCKLEHEAD | 11 | Nincompoop ... or a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 27% | ENDING | 6 | Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do |
| 26% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 26% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |