| 100% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 64% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 55% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
| 52% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DOTTHEI/DOTS | 12 | Attend to details ... or a hint to entering six Down answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 51% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 51% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Bond film ... or a hint to six other Down answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | ESCAPEACT | 9 | Houdini’s signature feat … or a hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 50% | VEGETABLESHORTENING | 19 | Canful in a cupboard ... or a hint to parts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | OFFSIDES | 8 | Football offense ... or a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | EVEN | 4 | With 34-Across, 50-50 chance ... or a hint to answering six equations in this puzzle |
| 50% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 50% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 50% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 50% | CRUSHEDICE | 10 | Drink cooler ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle's answer |
| 49% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS | 19 | Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | TWINKILLING | 11 | Baseball double play, in slang ... or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles |
| 48% | TNUT | 4 | Hardware fastener ... or a literal hint to the circled squares in this puzzle |
| 48% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 48% | SHUFFLEBOARD | 12 | Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 47% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle |