| 100% | MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE | 17 | Popular action film franchise ... or what trying to find the item in this puzzle can be described as |
| 45% | ITSALOSTCAUSE | 13 | "There's no use" ... like trying to find the item in this puzzle? |
| 42% | BUBBLESUP | 9 | Rises to the top, or what can be found in this puzzle? |
| 38% | VOICEOVERARTIST | 15 | Animated film specialist, or what can be found literally three times in this puzzle |
| 37% | MESSYBUNS | 9 | Casual updos, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | WILDHORSES | 10 | 1971 Stones hit, or what can be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | HIDDENTAX | 9 | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | TOPNOTES | 8 | Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | TURNINGPALE | 11 | Losing color, or what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | HALFTHEBATTLE | 13 | Important part of an undertaking . . . or what can be found in eight of this puzzle’s answers? |
| 36% | YEARONYEAR | 10 | Like some annual accounting comparisons, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | GARDENVARIETY | 13 | Run-of-the-mill, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 35% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 34% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant thing, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 34% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Architectural marker, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 34% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 34% | ITUNES | 6 | Where to find the songs in this grid ... or an appropriate title for this puzzle? |
| 34% | LIEUNDEROATH | 12 | Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzle |
| 33% | SECRETINGREDIENT | 16 | Undivulged recipe component, as can be found in this puzzle's "menu items" |
| 33% | COMPACTCARS | 11 | Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 33% | COMPRESSEDAIR | 13 | Gas station supply ... or what can be found eight times in this puzzle? |
| 33% | LIEUNDEROATH | 12 | Commit perjury ... or what literally can be found eight times in this puzzle |
| 33% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 33% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 32% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 32% | TRAFFICLIGHT | 12 | Where to find the colors in this puzzle |
| 32% | SYSTEMOFADOWN | 13 | Grammy-winning metal band, or what can be found three times in this puzzle? |
| 32% | TURNSOFPHRASE | 13 | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| 32% | FORTYNINERS | 11 | Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues |