| 100% | GIVEMESOMESPACE | 15 | Request needed to understand four clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | FREE | 4 | ___ association (what's needed to answer three clues in this puzzle) |
| 53% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | FLIP | 4 | Action you need to take to understand this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | CATBURGLAR | 10 | Person who's inexplicably struck four clues in this puzzle, rather than their answers |
| 48% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 47% | CAPITALLETTER | 13 | Feature replaced in four clues in this puzzle |
| 47% | READMUSIC | 9 | Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 45% | IMAGINARYFRIEND | 15 | Childhood companion depicted five times in this puzzle, thanks to some Down clues |
| 45% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Hint to filling in four squares in this puzzle |
| 44% | INNERCIRCLE | 11 | Brain trust, and what you need to add to solve 16 clues in this puzzle |
| 44% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 44% | PUBLICEDUCATION | 15 | What this puzzle's four missing clues spell, in order |
| 44% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 43% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 43% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 43% | FILLINTHEBLANK | 14 | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| 42% | RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED | 21 | Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle |
| 42% | DOWNS | 5 | 15 clues in this puzzle |
| 42% | THINKQUICKLY | 12 | To understand this puzzle's theme, read the ends of the answers to the starred clues and ... |
| 42% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | With 61-Across, 1987 Robert Townsend satire ... or a hint to deciphering four clues in this puzzle |
| 42% | SIX | 3 | Words per clue in this puzzle |
| 41% | END | 3 | Conclusion (and fittingly, the last clue in this puzzle!) |
| 41% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 41% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | DROPYOURWEAPONS | 15 | Instruction for solving six clues in this puzzle |
| 41% | CONSONANT | 9 | The beginning of every clue in this puzzle |
| 41% | EL | 2 | Letter that starts each clue in this puzzle |
| 40% | CORNERTHEMARKET | 15 | Monopolize, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle |