| 100% | BOWLING | 7 | Sport that is the key to interpreting the answers to 21-, 40- and 56-Across |
| 47% | CONVERTTOMETRIC | 15 | What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across |
| 46% | IMNOTADOCTOR | 12 | With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to the four starred clues |
| 43% | PALS | 4 | Friends that surround the answers to 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 43% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 43% | SAMINNOSRAT | 11 | Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across |
| 42% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 42% | CAST | 4 | Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across |
| 40% | HORSEPLAY | 9 | Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across |
| 40% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | JUSTTAKETHEL | 12 | "Oh, admit defeat already!," and advice that was followed to form the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | GOLFBALL | 8 | Sports item that can be found at the starts of 17-, 21-, 32-, 42- and 54-Across |
| 40% | CUTITOUT | 8 | "Stop that!" ... and a hint to the answers to 17-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across |
| 40% | EASTTOWEST | 10 | How the sun proceeds ... and how to read the answers to 17-, 37- and 56-Across |
| 39% | THEMEANINGOFLIFE | 16 | Profound philosophical subject, as defined by the answers to 21-, 32-, and 42-Across? |
| 39% | VOLLEYBALL | 10 | Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | WESTTOEAST | 10 | How the jet stream proceeds ... and how to read the answers to 17-, 37- and 56-Across |
| 39% | UEY | 3 | Often-illegal maneuver that is key to answering the asterisked clues |
| 38% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 38% | SALT | 4 | Theme of this puzzle, found in the answers to 21-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| 38% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 38% | IMOUT | 5 | "Peace!," and a hint to how the answers to the starred clues were formed |
| 38% | ESSAYCOLLECTION | 15 | Anthology of personal writings ... and a phonetic hint to what is literally comprised by the answers of 17-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across |
| 38% | DAILYPLANET | 11 | Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme |
| 37% | CLIMBING | 8 | Sport ___, sport that will debut in the 2020 Olympics and requires contestants to ascend a steep wall with their hands and feet |
| 37% | PIANO | 5 | Answer to the riddle "I have keys but no locks and feet but no socks, what am I?" |
| 37% | FASHIONDESIGNER | 15 | One can be found in each of the answers to 17-, 24-, 54- and 63-Across |
| 37% | DOWNINFRONT | 11 | "You're blocking the view!," and what is needed to complete the answers to the starred clues? |
| 37% | GETOUTOFHERE | 12 | "Shoo!," and an instruction that goes with the last words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | COINFLIPS | 9 | Starts of some games ... and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48 and 56-Across? |