| 100% | YOUCOMPLETEME | 13 | Something you might say to your darling ... or to the letters D-A-R-L-I-N-G in this puzzle |
| 51% | BACKUPTHETRUCK | 14 | "Wait, what did you just say?," or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | UPLOADS | 7 | Puts on a server, say ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 44% | GLUEDTOTHETV | 12 | Where your eyes might stay during a suspenseful scene … or the only place you'll find the "eyes" in this puzzle |
| 41% | LOSTART | 7 | Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 40% | SWITCHBLADE | 11 | Street weapon ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 40% | COVERTOPERATION | 15 | Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? |
| 39% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 39% | YOUDONTSAY | 10 | "Is that so?," or a hint to the communication methods found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 38% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 38% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 38% | ALLAS | 5 | What a student with a 4.0 G.P.A. has ... or a hint to the vowels in this puzzle |
| 38% | WHALE | 5 | "I ___ always love you, mom!" something a "humpback" or "blue" aquatic mammal may say to its mom |
| 38% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga ... or a shower from above that may fill up the water bodies mentioned in this puzzle |
| 37% | FSH | 3 | Answer to the riddle "What do you call a fish with no eyes?"... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 37% | SHELL | 5 | Something you might hold to your ear in order to hear the first parts of 18-, 24-, 52- and 62-Across? |
| 37% | LETSCALLITADAY | 14 | "I think we're done here" … or a hint to translating each of the four shaded words in this puzzle |
| 36% | INNUENDO | 8 | "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?," e.g. |
| 36% | PSANDQS | 7 | Good behavior ... or a hint to two lines of letters in this puzzle |
| 36% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack bet ... or a hint to applying the five shaded regions in this puzzle |
| 36% | DOUBLEORNOTHING | 15 | Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 36% | SWIMMINGPOOL | 12 | You might dip a 25-Down in this to test the water |
| 36% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 36% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 36% | TIRE | 4 | Bad thing to blow ... or what each of the circled letters in this puzzle represents |
| 35% | RAISETHEBAR | 11 | Heighten expectations, say ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | GREASE | 6 | Something you might have to do to your cookie sheet prior to slinging your oatmeal-banana-raisin vegan cookies in the oven |
| 35% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |