| 100% | FACE | 4 | Site of this puzzle's thematic features |
| 59% | STICK | 5 | Feature of this puzzle's three long Down answers |
| 56% | USA | 3 | Ryder Cup team that all of this puzzle's featured athletes played for in 2018 (Abbr.) |
| 56% | LATERALSYMMETRY | 15 | Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues |
| 54% | ASYMMETRY | 9 | Feature of this puzzle that's "fixed" by a literal reading of four squares |
| 53% | DOUBLEO | 7 | Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across |
| 52% | CENTRALPARK | 11 | Feature of Manhattan, and of this puzzle's answers that contain circles |
| 51% | SANANDREASFAULT | 15 | Site of slippage ... both geographically and in this puzzle |
| 50% | HENRYKISSINGER | 14 | Speaker of this puzzle's quip |
| 50% | NBA | 3 | Subj. of this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | JEFFERSON | 9 | Author of this puzzle's quote |
| 50% | WINELOVER | 9 | Connoisseur of this puzzle's subject |
| 50% | LACKINGSYMMETRY | 15 | Descriptive of this puzzle's grid |
| 50% | FILM | 4 | Medium of this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | EVERYENTRYTHATS | 15 | Explanation of this puzzle's theme ... |
| 50% | NAVY | 4 | Source of this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | CLUE | 4 | One of this puzzle's 144 |
| 50% | DAREDEVIL | 9 | Description of this puzzle's subject |
| 50% | TIMETRIAL | 9 | Segment of this puzzle's race |
| 50% | AREVERSAL | 9 | With 31-Down, feature of this puzzle's theme entries |
| 50% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | CHUCKLEHEAD | 11 | Nincompoop ... or a feature of this puzzle's themed answers? |
| 50% | BIGBAND | 7 | Player of this puzzle's theme song |
| 50% | FORTIES | 7 | Decade of this puzzle's theme song |
| 50% | ACROSS | 6 | Like many of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | CHEERLEADER | 11 | Shouter of this puzzle's circled sounds |
| 50% | ACROSS | 6 | Like 36 of this puzzle's answers |
| 50% | TYPEWRITER | 10 | Apt example of this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Speaker of this puzzle's "double quote" |