| 100% | IATEIT | 6 | Possible answer to "What happened to that last slice of cake?" |
| 43% | CLEFT | 5 | Crevice, and, interpreted differently, what happened to five of this puzzle's answers |
| 43% | GETPLAYED | 9 | Fall for it, or what can happen to the last words of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across |
| 41% | FINALTOUCH | 10 | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 41% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 40% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | PAPERBACK | 9 | Softcover book, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 40% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
| 39% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 39% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do? |
| 39% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 39% | YESITSME | 8 | Possible answer to "Is that you?" |
| 38% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 38% | PUTAPININTHAT | 13 | "Let's revisit it later" ... or what one can do to each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 38% | TWELFTHMAN | 10 | Home-field advantage in football ... or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle |
| 37% | ASMILE | 6 | Answer to the riddle "What can someone wear that never goes out of style?" |
| 37% | BECAUSEPOEWROTE | 15 | Start of a possible answer to the riddle |
| 37% | AMATTEROFTIME | 13 | Bound to happen sooner or later ... or a literal description of the ends of the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45-Across |
| 37% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 37% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 37% | POTATOHEAD | 10 | Toy that can be either Mr. or Mrs. ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 37% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 36% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 36% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 36% | FALLBACK | 8 | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | What the last letter of this answer resembles |
| 36% | ISUREDID | 8 | Possible reply to "You took care of that?" |
| 36% | ALE | 3 | Possible answer to "What's brewing?" |
| 35% | GIULIANI | 8 | Subject of the series subtitled What Happened to America's Mayor? |