| 100% | RISINGSEALEVELS | 15 | Result of polar ice melt graphically shown by the second part of six two-part puzzle answers |
| 35% | SIDEARM | 7 | Like some baseball pitches ... and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| 35% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Fraying result, and what the second parts of the starred answers can be |
| 33% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | PIECESOFOO | 10 | Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) |
| 31% | SNAPCHAT | 8 | Popular mobile app ... and, as shown by circles, what the inner parts of the answers to starred clues do |
| 30% | CROSSOVEREPISODE | 16 | Installment of each of the "shows" in six puzzle answers? |
| 30% | ISWRONG | 7 | Part two of six of a quote from the TV show "Gilmore Girls," that any dessert-lover can relate to?: 2 wds. |
| 29% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 29% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | QUOTIENT | 8 | The answer provided by the division of two numbers |
| 28% | CLOCK | 5 | Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle |
| 28% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 27% | SCALE | 5 | What the four longest Across answers each have two parts of |
| 27% | SAMOA | 5 | It was split into two parts by the 1899 Treaty of Berlin |
| 27% | DECLARATION | 11 | With 114-Across, source of the phrase formed by the ends of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | YEAR | 4 | Span represented by the first three letters of 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 26% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 26% | LINE | 4 | Word that can follow each part of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 26% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 26% | PASTE | 5 | Second part of a two-command computer combo |
| 26% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 26% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 26% | TITICACA | 8 | Two-part lake connected by the Strait of Tiquina |
| 26% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |