| 100% | TAKEASTEEPN | 11 | Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? |
| 70% | ITTEAM | 6 | Group of PC experts ... or what this puzzle’s 10 theme answers are? |
| 68% | RAISEDTHEBAR | 12 | Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle? |
| 63% | CUTSCORNERS | 11 | What this puzzle's theme does? |
| 62% | CRUNCHTIME | 10 | Do-or-die moment, or what you must do to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 61% | GOESTOTHEDOGS | 13 | Rapidly deteriorates ... and what each of this puzzle's theme answers does? |
| 61% | SKIPJACK | 8 | Certain tuna ... or what this puzzle's 10 starred clues do |
| 60% | GOOUTONALIMB | 12 | Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do |
| 60% | DROPTROU | 8 | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| 60% | FLIPHOUSES | 10 | Turn a quick profit in real estate ... or what this puzzle's themed answers do? |
| 58% | FORMLETTERS | 11 | Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) |
| 58% | SPREADTHEGOSPEL | 15 | Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do? |
| 58% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 57% | BURSTOUT | 8 | With 37-Across, lose it ... or what 12 answers in this puzzle appear to do |
| 56% | RISEFROM | 8 | With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? |
| 56% | PARTING | 7 | With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing |
| 56% | STEERTSYAWOWT | 13 | Many thoroughfares ... or what this puzzle's Across answers consist of? |
| 55% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 55% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 55% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 55% | FLIPPEDTHEBIRD | 14 | Gestured rudely ... or what this puzzle's circles have done? |
| 53% | ODD | 3 | What this puzzle's theme isn't |
| 53% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Encouragement to an actor, and what this puzzle's starred answers do |
| 52% | TAKESTHEEDGEOFF | 15 | Alleviates pain a little … or what this puzzle does to certain squares for literal effect |
| 52% | PUTONTHESPOT | 12 | Pressured, or what five squares in this puzzle do |
| 52% | ACUTABOVETHEREST | 16 | Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? |
| 52% | COUNT | 5 | With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer) |
| 51% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| 51% | ACTIONPACKED | 12 | Like exciting comic books ... or this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 51% | MAGAZINEINSERTS | 15 | Perfume samples, maybe ... or what this puzzle's circles are |