| 100% | BEEPER | 6 | Small electronic '90s device that produces a sound to alert the user to call or message |
| 31% | METER | 5 | Word following "thermo" or sphygmomano" to refer to a device that lets the doctor read your vitals |
| 31% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | FADER | 5 | Sound studio device that may be used to decrease the volume |
| 31% | SPEAKER | 7 | Electronic device that produces sound from radio |
| 30% | MIC | 3 | Electronic device that might be attached to a lapel, for short |
| 29% | NOTSPAM | 7 | Button that moves a message to the inbox: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EARPLUG | 7 | Device that blocks sound to the auditory canal |
| 29% | DONGLE | 6 | Small device that plugs in to a computer |
| 29% | DRIP | 4 | Sound that might cause you to call a plumber |
| 29% | TELEPHONE | 9 | Device with keys that is used to call a friend |
| 29% | MUTE | 4 | Device used to muffle the sound of a musical instrument |
| 29% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | The correct way to say or sound out a word |
| 29% | SPINTHEBOTTLE | 13 | Classic party game ... or a hint to solving the answers that intersect circles |
| 28% | CROPTOP | 7 | A shirt that is cut or torn to expose the abdomen |
| 28% | EIGHT | 5 | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 28% | SOS | 3 | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle |
| 28% | ATM | 3 | Device that allows you to skip the line for a teller: Abbr. |
| 28% | CLUTCH | 6 | Device in a car that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox |
| 28% | TUNER | 5 | Device that Elton John might use to adjust the musical pitch of a piano |
| 27% | AMP | 3 | Shortend an electronic device that can increase the power of a signal |
| 27% | PAD | 3 | Drum ___, electronic device that sets the beat for a personal percussion party |
| 27% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 27% | KEEPANEYEOUT | 12 | "Stay alert!," or a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | TEXTS | 5 | Messages that, to some, sound angrier when punctuated with a period |
| 27% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 27% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 27% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 27% | SATELLITE | 9 | Device that orbits a planet to collect information |
| 27% | PRISM | 5 | Optical device that produces a rainbow |