| 100% | UCLA | 4 | School that's the answer to the joke "What happens when the fog lifts in SoCal?" |
| 47% | UCLA | 4 | Answer to the joke “What happens when the smog clears over Hollywood?” |
| 42% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 41% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the answer to the riddle "What's round at both ends and high in the middle?" |
| 37% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke "What did the fish say when it swam into the wall?" |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke "What did the fish say when it swam into a wall?" |
| 37% | DAM | 3 | Answer to the joke “What did the fish say when it swam into the concrete wall?” |
| 36% | SAILS | 5 | Travels over what's hidden in the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 36% | ECHOLOCATION | 12 | Nature's sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | UNCOUPLES | 9 | Disconnects … or what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 36% | ELEMENTOFSURPRISE | 17 | Unexpected twist, or what's found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | WHEREITSAT | 10 | Best place to be, slangily ... and, when divided in four parts, what the answers to starred clues are? |
| 36% | STIRUPDRAMA | 11 | Create tension in a group, and a direction that was followed when forming the answer to each starred clue? |
| 35% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 35% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that's the most applied to in the US: Abbr. |
| 35% | STOCKEXCHANGE | 13 | Wall Street site, and what happened in order to form the answers to the starred clues? |
| 35% | SEEDCAPITAL | 11 | Startup funds ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | FORTYTWO | 8 | Number that’s the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” |
| 35% | SHREDDEDWHEAT | 13 | Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
| 35% | OPENHOUSE | 9 | Realtor's big day ... or what each word in the answers to the starred clues can do |
| 35% | TOPHATS | 7 | Partners of tails ... and what's found in the answers to starred clues |
| 35% | CRAZYEIGHTS | 11 | Simple card game, and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | BOND | 4 | What the answers to the starred clues share, in two ways |
| 34% | BROKENBONES | 11 | *Orthopedist's concerns ... and what you'll find in two parts in the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 34% | WILDOATS | 8 | What young people may sow ... and what's literally hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | ANIMALSTYLE | 11 | Option on In-N-Out Burger's not-so-secret menu, or the fashion sense that includes the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |