| 100% | TIANOMORE | 9 | Star of "Earth Mama" ... or a summary of what's happened to 3 Down and 6 Down? |
| 38% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 36% | ITSWORTHASHOT | 13 | "Couldn't hurt" ... or what could be said of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | TURNUPTHEHEAT | 13 | Increase pressure ... and a hint to what's happening, in three different ways, in this puzzle's circled squares |
| 36% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 35% | SALT | 4 | 2010 film starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber...and what you'd use to garnish the rim of a 14a glass |
| 35% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 35% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | HIGHHORSE | 9 | Arrogant person's place ... or what the answers to 3-, 7-, and 16-Down share? |
| 34% | GOTTACATCHEMALL | 15 | Pokémon tagline ... or a hint to the starts of the starred clues' answers |
| 33% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 33% | CITATION | 8 | With 62-Across, Wikipedia tag on unsourced statements... or what's required to make sense of the starred clues |
| 32% | AMATTEROFTIME | 13 | Bound to happen sooner or later ... or a literal description of the ends of the answers to 20-, 28-, and 45-Across |
| 32% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 32% | MARKETOPENING | 13 | What ringing a certain bell signals, and a hint to the first words of this puzzle's movie titles |
| 31% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Possible result of a marriage or gender transition, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 31% | PARTYINTHEBACK | 14 | Mullet's defining feature, in a common saying ... or, literally, what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 31% | PLANTBASED | 10 | Like a meatless diet ... or like the answers to 3-, 7-, 10-, and 24-Down? |
| 30% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |
| 30% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 30% | MAKETHEBED | 10 | Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue can do |
| 30% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 30% | ONANDON | 7 | Endlessly ... or what's been added to a phrase at 92 Across |
| 30% | LAKEBELL | 8 | Director and star of "In a World..." |
| 30% | BYANDBY | 7 | Before long ... or what's been added to a word at 121 Across |
| 30% | SOANDSO | 7 | Unspecified person ... or what's been added to a phrase at 47 Across |
| 30% | UPANDUP | 7 | Honest path ... or what's been added to a word at 23 Across |
| 30% | FALLINGFLAT | 11 | Failing utterly ... or a British hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 30% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |