| 100% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 70% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 69% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 68% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | LITTLEITALY | 11 | Neighborhood near SoHo, and a hint to three squares in this puzzle |
| 66% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 65% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 65% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | ALLFORONEANDONEFORALL | 21 | Famous rallying cry … and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 63% | TWOSTATESOLUTION | 16 | Topic of international negotiations ... and a hint to every four-letter answer in this puzzle |
| 62% | POPUPAD | 7 | Bit of Web clutter, and a hint to making sense of four answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 62% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 62% | FLAGONTHEPLAY | 13 | Gridiron infraction indicator, and a hint to what you'll find three times in this puzzle |
| 62% | SKIPPER | 7 | Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | CUTOUTTHE | 9 | With 35-Down, deal directly with someone, and a hint to interpreting seven answers in this puzzle |