| 100% | NOTPC | 5 | Potentially offensive, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 76% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Lincoln topic, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 74% | JUMPERS | 7 | Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 73% | UNITEDNATIONS | 13 | Organization honored on October 24 ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 73% | DANDD | 5 | Seminal role-playing game familiarly, and the theme of this puzzle |
| 70% | EGG | 3 | Omelet ingredient and the theme of this puzzle, as seen in 28a, 45a, 7d, 11d, and 31d! |
| 67% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 64% | REPRONUNCIATION | 15 | Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle |
| 63% | THANK | 5 | With 47-Down, the theme of this puzzle |
| 63% | HIDDEN | 6 | With 16-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 63% | STATEREPRESENTATIVES | 20 | Some legislators (or the theme of this puzzle?) |
| 63% | POLITICAL | 9 | With 57-Across, the theme of this puzzle |
| 62% | MAANDPA | 7 | Kettles ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 61% | URL | 3 | Its common extensions are the theme of this puzzle |
| 61% | PARISFRANCE | 11 | World capital that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 61% | BORES | 5 | Tedious things ... or phonetically, the theme of this puzzle |
| 60% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | 1970s-'80s craze that's the theme of this puzzle |
| 60% | HOT | 3 | The opposite of the theme of this puzzle |
| 60% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 60% | STATE | 5 | With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire] |
| 59% | CRONE | 5 | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 59% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| 59% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 59% | NOID | 4 | Reason to be barred from a bar ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 58% | AMPM | 4 | Clock-setting button, and the theme of the puzzle |
| 58% | HAPPINESS | 9 | What the science of well-being studies ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 58% | SECRET | 6 | With 74-Across, voting system that affords anonymity ... or the theme of this puzzle? |
| 58% | TEXASHOLDEM | 11 | World Series of Poker game (and the theme of this puzzle) |
| 58% | GAMESEVEN | 9 | Playoff series finale ... or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries |
| 57% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |