| 100% | STRAIGHTEDGES | 13 | Rulers, e.g. ... or what the letters in 3-, 7-, 27- and 34-Down all have |
| 45% | LIFTGATE | 8 | Rear device for an SUV, or what the answers to 3-, 9-, 17- and 27-Down all have |
| 35% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent? |
| 35% | HIGHHORSE | 9 | Arrogant person's place ... or what the answers to 3-, 7-, and 16-Down share? |
| 34% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 34% | HIGHENERGY | 10 | Like some protein-rich snacks, or what can be found in 3-, 7-, 9-, and 28-Down? |
| 33% | SHOWERTHOUGHTS | 14 | Mundane musings, or what the last words of 20-, 32-, and 39-Across have in common? |
| 33% | EYES | 4 | What the starts of 18-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across all have |
| 33% | SILENTPARTNER | 13 | Nonactive member of a firm ... or what G, H and W each have in 20-, 29- and 49-Across? |
| 33% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 33% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? |
| 32% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 32% | CROSSDRESSING | 13 | "Mrs. Doubtfire" plot device - or what the letters in this clue's answer do five times? |
| 32% | SALESPROMOTIONS | 15 | Marketing strategies, and what the mascots in this puzzle have all been given? |
| 32% | BLUE | 4 | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| 32% | SANDTRAPS | 9 | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| 32% | SCALES | 6 | Climbs, or what the starred answers all have |
| 32% | STEM | 4 | Check, or what the starred answers all have |
| 32% | THEDESCENTOFMAN | 15 | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
| 32% | SHAPESHIFTER | 12 | Werewolf, e.g. ... or the one responsible for 20-, 34- and 41-Across? |
| 32% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 32% | WINTERARC | 9 | Season-long alternative to a New Year's resolution, or what the letters in the shaded squares represent? |
| 32% | XFACTOR | 7 | Mystery quality ... or what 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 32-Down have? |
| 31% | GAS | 3 | What the sun and Sunoco have in common |
| 31% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar film, or what the starred answers have in common |
| 31% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Victoria and David Beckham, e.g. ... or what 17-, 26-, 47- and 57-Across each have, in a way |
| 31% | HUES | 4 | What the letters in the rainbow mnemonic ROY G BIV represent (they may point you to the answer) |
| 31% | ACTUP | 5 | Make mischief, and a hint to what's found in 3-, 5-, 7-, 34- and 38-Down |
| 31% | MEATSUBSTITUTES | 15 | Vegetarian options … or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
| 31% | OMOO | 4 | Novel that ends "By noon, the island had gone down in the horizon; and all before us was the wide Pacific" |