| 100% | PEDXING | 7 | Something often seen on a street corner, briefly ... or, literally, something seen in each corner of this puzzle |
| 48% | THATSTHEWAYTHE | 14 | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| 43% | SPARECHANGE | 11 | Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles |
| 41% | ONESMALLSTEP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle |
| 40% | MINUTEHAND | 10 | Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? |
| 39% | BROKENHEART | 11 | Lover's woe ... or something found, literally, in the 4th, 5th, 8th and 11th rows of this puzzle |
| 39% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 39% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 38% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 37% | ONEGIANTLEAP | 12 | What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle |
| 37% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 36% | FLOORLAMP | 9 | One often seen standing in the corner of a room? |
| 35% | THEOKCORRAL | 11 | See 28-Down ... or a punny description of this puzzle's circled answers? |
| 35% | WORKLIFEBALANCE | 15 | Challenge in a demanding job ... or a feature of this puzzle? |
| 35% | ODETOJOY | 8 | Work incorporated in 33-Across ... or a description of this puzzle? |
| 35% | GEARSHIFT | 9 | Auto part, and a clue to what's going on in five rows of this puzzle |
| 35% | LIVINGONTHEEDGE | 15 | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 34% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | FALLINGO | 8 | Quarrel ... or a feature of five answers in this puzzle |
| 34% | POLAROPPOSITE | 13 | One totally unlike another ... or what each answer on the edge of this puzzle has? |
| 34% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 34% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 34% | BOAT | 4 | A dinghy or tug___, something you travel in on a body of water |
| 34% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Betrayal of a sort, as seen six times in this puzzle |
| 34% | FOR | 3 | Word often seen in the lower left corner of a check |
| 34% | RIGHTONRED | 10 | Legal turn at some intersections, and a turn in each set of circles in this puzzle |
| 34% | DOTTHEIS | 8 | Pay attention to details … or a hint to filling in seven of this puzzle's squares |
| 34% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 34% | FLIPS | 5 | What each word of six or more letters in this puzzle does |
| 34% | WATERSLIDES | 11 | Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle |