| 100% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 61% | CLASS | 5 | Plane seating division (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |
| 60% | ITSTHEBERRIES | 13 | Old expression of admiration (and the key to this puzzle's theme) |
| 60% | RAT | 3 | Chinese calendar animal ... or the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 59% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| 56% | CMINOR | 6 | Key to this puzzle's theme? |
| 53% | REPRONUNCIATION | 15 | Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle |
| 53% | TREACHERYOFIMAGES | 17 | 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with "The" |
| 53% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 50% | FAULTFINDING | 12 | Activity that will be unsuccessful when applied to this puzzle’s theme? |
| 49% | HOT | 3 | Key to the puzzle's theme |
| 49% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 47% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group whose motto is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 47% | BOWLING | 7 | Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-Across |
| 46% | AVOCADO | 7 | This fruit is the key to guacamole |
| 46% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 46% | SPACEBAR | 8 | Keyboard key, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | ENTER | 5 | Key that moves the cursor to the next line ... or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | THESIXTHSENSE | 13 | 1999 film whose title is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | LINKEDIN | 8 | Popular website whose name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | PICTUREIT | 9 | Tip to solving this puzzle (with the key parts to be said out loud) |
| 45% | SMOKEYBEAR | 10 | Character who's wary of the starts to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 45% | BLANK | 5 | Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 44% | VERTIGO | 7 | 1958 film that is the subject of this puzzle |
| 44% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 44% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 44% | DOUBLEPLAY | 10 | Hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | SEA | 3 | Place for a FISH (which is a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 44% | FOURH | 5 | Kind of club that's a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Adele hit that was the first James Bond theme to debut in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 |