| 100% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 46% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 45% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 45% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 42% | WIRED | 5 | Tense with excitement ... and a hint to the ends of the four longest puzzle answers |
| 41% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| 40% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 40% | END | 3 | With 72-Across, evasive strategy ... and a hint to the last several letters of the four longest Across answers |
| 38% | ILLSECONDTHAT | 13 | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| 38% | HEEEEERESJOHNNY | 15 | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 38% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 38% | RANDOMORDER | 11 | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| 37% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 37% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 37% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 37% | SHAPESHIFTERS | 13 | Amorphous sci-fi beings, and a hint to what's hidden in the four other longest answers |
| 36% | SCARYMOVIETWO | 13 | 2001 Wayans Brothers sequel, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | POSTHASTE | 9 | With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 36% | BEARDOWN | 8 | Put in extra effort, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 36% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | WEAREFAMILY | 11 | Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across |
| 35% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 35% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 35% | CLOCKFACES | 10 | Their third hands are their second hands, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 34% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | TUMBLEWEEDS | 11 | Drifters in some Western scenes ... and a hint to what's hidden in the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 34% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 34% | NONOS | 5 | Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers |