| 100% | HOS | 3 | Sounds from Santa (and what's been added to 17, 39, and 63 Across) |
| 51% | QANDU | 5 | What can be added to 39 and 40 Across to form new words |
| 48% | SCRIPTNOTES | 11 | Screenplay suggestions from the studio, and what's been added to the theme titles |
| 46% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 43% | FLYINGSTART | 11 | What the answers to 17-, 26-, 37-, 39- and 52-Across are all off to? |
| 43% | CON | 3 | It's a minus, and what must be subtracted from 46-, 52- and 63-Across |
| 43% | FILLERWORD | 10 | Sound added to everyday speech, and what's been added to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | DATABACKUP | 10 | System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 41% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 40% | TWISTEDMIND | 11 | Trait for an evil genius ... and a hint to what can literally be found in 17-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 39% | INITIALHERE | 11 | Contract directive … or a hint to what's missing from 17-, 20-, 58- and 62-Across |
| 38% | BIGWHEELS | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 48-Across were, so to speak |
| 38% | GED | 3 | Many a H.S. dropout's goal ... and what's added to 17-, 25-, 36-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 38% | STANDAPART | 10 | Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across? |
| 38% | ROBERTFROSTPOEM | 15 | What 17- and 39-Across is |
| 38% | TAKEASHOT | 9 | What 17-, 28- and 46-Across are always willing to do |
| 37% | BEARFRUIT | 9 | Be productive ... or what the answers at 17-, 25-, 53- and 63-Across do? |
| 37% | MIDDLENAME | 10 | What 50-Across is ... or a clue to 17-, 29-, 35- and 45-Across |
| 37% | CURRENCIES | 10 | What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are |
| 37% | PUTONASHOW | 10 | Perform in the theater ... and what can be done to the end of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 37% | PARTWO | 6 | Common miniature golf goal ... or a hint to what's found in 17-, 39- and 60-Across |
| 37% | INTHEMONEY | 10 | Wealthy, and what 17-, 24-, 39-, and 50-Across literally are |
| 37% | LETSPUTAPININIT | 15 | Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across |
| 36% | CALORIES | 8 | What's been added to the starred answers |
| 36% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 36% | TIME | 4 | With 63-Across, what (in abbreviated form) has been added to the long Down answers |
| 36% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 36% | BIGDIPPER | 9 | Part of 17-Across ... and what the circles from A to G depict |
| 36% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 36% | MISSINGLINK | 11 | What separates man from beast ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 32-, 46-, and 51-Across? |