| 100% | POSITRONS | 9 | Predictions of Paul Dirac's paper of 1931 that he wrote as an answer to Robert Oppenheimer's earlier critique |
| 23% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 23% | OPAL | 4 | Gemstone that's often polished to an oval ... and has three of the same letters as "oval" |
| 22% | RADON | 5 | Hazardous household gas that is an anagram of the answer to 13-Across |
| 22% | ATOM | 4 | Length of time that was compared to the "twinkling of an eye" in the Greek text of Paul's 1 Corinthians 15:52 |
| 22% | INTHEPENALTYBOX | 15 | Temporarily disqualified due to an infraction that begins any of seven answers to starred clues |
| 22% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that's not as big as an ocean |
| 22% | MAKETHEJEANSLIST | 16 | Write an order to replenish inventory of Levi's? |
| 22% | KICKSTARTS | 10 | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| 22% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 21% | SARGASSO | 8 | "Wide ___ Sea," 1966 novel by Jean Rhys that was written as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" |
| 21% | WRONG | 5 | Like right, as an answer to this clue |
| 21% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 21% | GOTTOGETYOUINTOMYLIFE | 21 | "Revolver" song that Paul McCartney described as "an ode to pot" |
| 21% | AGAVE | 5 | Kind of syrup that's an alternative to honey |
| 21% | OAT | 3 | Kind of milk that's an alternative to soy |
| 21% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 21% | SHAKYGROUND | 11 | With "on," not strong, as an argument ... and what might cause the ends of answers to starred clues? |
| 21% | ABBR | 4 | Answer that's an example of itself |
| 21% | LANDEDON | 8 | Came to, as an answer |
| 21% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that holds a Guinness World Record for the smallest park, with an area equivalent to two sheets of A3 paper |
| 21% | PHONETIC | 8 | Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
| 21% | NASA | 4 | As an alternative to a group of spacemen |
| 21% | NASA | 4 | As an alternative to a group of astronauts |
| 21% | POEM | 4 | Robert Frost's work that is also an anagram of 46a |
| 21% | SHAG | 4 | Kind of rug that's bad to lose an earring in |
| 21% | PLY | 3 | Tissue paper layer that was reduced to half by Dwight in an episode of "The Office" |
| 20% | BEACH | 5 | ___-scented cologne, Kramer's business idea on "Seinfeld" that he pitched to an executive at Ralph Lauren |
| 20% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 20% | PLANE | 5 | Playful paper projects! Flight that may be created as an origami craft, and used by kids to pretend-fly in the air |