| 100% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 80% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 78% | GROUP | 5 | With 28-Down, multisubject photos ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 78% | BIRDSANDBEES | 12 | Subject of "the talk" about sex … or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 77% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 71% | LOWKEY | 6 | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 71% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 71% | COOKOFF | 7 | Kitchen competition ... or a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 71% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 70% | MIDTERM | 7 | Kind of exam, with a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | SPLITPEA | 8 | Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | RANDD | 5 | Corporate division, informally ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 70% | WHOLETTHEDOGSOUT | 16 | 2000 novelty hit ... or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues |
| 70% | RECCENTER | 9 | Community sports facility ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 70% | INITIALREACTION | 15 | Off-the-cuff response … and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 70% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 sci-fi thriller ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | BUTTONDOWN | 10 | Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 69% | GOFETCH | 7 | Dog command … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 69% | HANDM | 5 | Swedish-based international clothing giant ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 69% | PANDG | 5 | Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 69% | BITTEREND | 9 | R? … or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| 69% | THIS | 4 | With 64-Across, NBC drama ... or, in four parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 69% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 69% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 68% | BARBERSHOP | 10 | With 63-Across, singing group ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 68% | BLACK | 5 | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |