| 100% | MOBILEAPP | 9 | Software for your phone, and a clue to four other Across answers |
| 45% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | Raucous frat film, and a hint to the starts of the other four long Across answers |
| 43% | SKIPAD | 6 | Ubiquitous YouTube button ... and a hint to four long Across answers |
| 42% | NOIFSANDSORBUTS | 15 | "I won't hear any excuses!" ... also, a clue to the three other longest Across answers |
| 42% | TEASEOUT | 8 | Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | ENDIN | 5 | Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | SPEAKUP | 7 | "Louder!"...and a clue to the starts of four Down answers |
| 42% | SEWNUP | 6 | Clinched, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 41% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | SEEOUT | 6 | Show the door, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | LOWHANGINGFRUIT | 15 | Easy pickings, and a hint to the four other longest Down answers |
| 41% | KITCHENMATCH | 12 | Pilot lighter, and a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 41% | WITHORWITHOUTYOU | 16 | First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 40% | SUGGESTIONBOXES | 15 | Slotted containers, and a clue to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 40% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 40% | DOUBLEPLAY | 10 | Baseball feat, and a clue to this puzzle's them answers |
| 40% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Best Picture (no, wait; it wasn't!) ... and a fitting place for the answers to starred clues? |
| 40% | BUGS | 4 | Software glitches ... and, in a broad sense, small things hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | EXERCISEYOURRIGHT | 17 | Vote, say, and a clue to one side of the asterisked answers |
| 39% | DROPTHEBALL | 11 | Lose focus, and a visual hint to solving seven Across clues and a literal hint to seven Down answers |
| 39% | FALLINGLEAVES | 13 | Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers |
| 39% | ISTOO | 5 | Other side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four double-starred clues |
| 39% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered |
| 38% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 38% | WRAP | 4 | With 61-Down, "Get a move on!" and an instruction for the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Freelance for extra income ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 38% | MAKEITADOUBLE | 13 | Request to a bartender, and what must be done to the last words of 20-, 30-, 36-, and 47-Across for the answers to match their clues |
| 38% | FOURQUARTERS | 12 | Change for a dollar, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | LIFEPARTNER | 11 | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |