| 100% | NOD | 3 | Silent assent ... or, in two parts, a hint to three long answers |
| 64% | NOTCH | 5 | V-shaped cut ... or, in two parts, a hint to four long puzzle answers |
| 60% | SWISS | 5 | Deli cheese ... or, in three parts, a hint to the five longest across puzzle answers |
| 57% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
| 54% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 54% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 52% | TURNONAD | 8 | With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | NOENTRY | 7 | "Keep out!" sign ... or, in three parts, each answer to a starred clue |
| 50% | FILLINGUPWITHGAS | 16 | Pre-road trip detail ... and a hint to what certain parts of three long answers were doing as you solved them |
| 50% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | PREINSTALLATION | 15 | Software service provided by hardware sellers ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers |
| 48% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | STOP | 4 | "Knock it off!" (or, parsed in three parts, a hint to the theme answers) |
| 47% | ADDTOGETHER | 11 | Combine ... and a hint to what's hidden in eight long answers |
| 47% | STOP | 4 | Word on a red sign, and, when parsed in three parts, a hint to this puzzle's longest answers |
| 47% | WHEREWITHAL | 11 | Money ... and, in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 46% | LENDINGOUT | 10 | Allowing use of, as a library does ... or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers |
| 46% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 46% | TRITE | 5 | Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | WORDSQUARE | 10 | Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | ATOLL | 5 | Island ring ... or, in three parts, a hint to 18-, 32-, 44- and 59-Across |
| 45% | JUICEUP | 7 | Supercharge, and a hint to what's literally hiding in the four longest Down answers |
| 45% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 44% | GENEEDITING | 11 | Molecular manipulation technique ... and a hint to the starts of the three other longest puzzle answers |
| 44% | PARADISELOST | 12 | John Milton epic, and a hint to how four long answers in this puzzle were formed |
| 44% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |