| 100% | UTTERSCOTCH | 11 | Respond to a bartender's "What'll you have?" in a way? |
| 54% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 51% | TAP | 3 | "What do you have on ___?" (question to a bartender) |
| 50% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle |
| 49% | TAP | 3 | "What beers do you have on ___?" (question to a bartender) |
| 49% | DENY | 4 | Respond to a scandal, in a way |
| 49% | SAYSIDO | 7 | Responds to a minister, in a way |
| 47% | STRESSEATS | 10 | Responds to anxiety, in a way |
| 47% | CROCE | 5 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" singer, 1974 |
| 47% | UTILE | 5 | It's useful to draw one in Scrabble if you have a Q |
| 47% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 47% | RISE | 4 | Respond to being baked, in a way |
| 47% | REACTING | 8 | Responding to something in a particular way |
| 47% | RISES | 5 | Responds to an alarm, in a way |
| 47% | ENROL | 5 | What you had to do in order to vote in last year's Australian general election |
| 46% | TIP | 3 | What you leave in a jar next to a cash register, sometimes |
| 46% | URL | 3 | What you navigate to in a browser: Abbr. |
| 46% | CLUE | 4 | What leads you to an answer in a crossword |
| 45% | LOVELETTERS | 11 | What you have to do to be a crossword fan? |
| 45% | CYT | 3 | One way to abbreviate "see you tomorrow" in a text |
| 45% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 45% | PIN | 3 | What you have to remember to use an A.T.M. |
| 45% | TOW | 3 | What you would do to a car that has broken down |
| 45% | SNITCH | 6 | What a seeker has to catch in a game of Quidditch |
| 45% | EAT | 3 | What you're not usually allowed to do in a library |
| 45% | KEY | 3 | What you turn in the ignition switch to start a car |
| 44% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say, in a way |
| 44% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 44% | FAINT | 5 | What you're likely to do if you have a vasovagal syncope |
| 44% | CUTOUTTHEMIDDLEMAN | 18 | What you have to do before entering seven answers in this puzzle? |