| 100% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Potpourri, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 83% | CUTTING | 7 | With 56-Across, indifferent student's practice, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 83% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 76% | GONEGREEK | 9 | Joined a frat, and a hint to the puzzle's theme |
| 73% | SETTINGSUN | 10 | Daily phenomenon ... and a hint to the puzzle circles |
| 72% | DIVIDERS | 8 | Boundaries, and a hint to the puzzle's starred answers |
| 72% | LASTMANSTANDING | 15 | Lone survivor ... and a hint to the puzzle's circles? |
| 71% | ASTHEWORLDTURNS | 15 | TV soap for 54 years ... and a hint to the puzzle circles |
| 71% | HASTEMAKESWASTE | 15 | Advice to the rash, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 70% | BPLUS | 5 | Pretty good grade, and a hint to the theme answers |
| 70% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |
| 69% | FINISHSTRONG | 12 | Sprint to the tape ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 68% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 68% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |
| 68% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 68% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 68% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 68% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 68% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 67% | HOTANDCOLD | 10 | How emotions may blow, and a hint to the switches in the theme answers |
| 67% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 67% | CENTERSTAGE | 11 | Limelight site, and a hint to the positions of this puzzle's circled names |
| 67% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 67% | OURBODIES | 9 | "Bans off ___" (Pro-choice rallying cry, and a hint to the circles in this puzzle) |
| 67% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 67% | ITSAZOOOUTTHERE | 15 | Comment about heavy traffic ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| 67% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking lots of risks ... and a hint to the entries on this puzzle's border |
| 66% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 66% | SPACEMOUNTAIN | 13 | Futuristic indoor roller coaster since 1977 ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 66% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |