100% | WATERS | 6 | Tends to the plants, in a way |
82% | HOED | 4 | Tended to the garden, in a way |
66% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |
66% | MIST | 4 | Tend to houseplants, in a way |
65% | FLORA | 5 | All the plants in a region, as opposed to "fauna" |
62% | SHUDDER | 7 | React to the cold, in a way |
62% | ITALIC | 6 | Leaning to the right, in a way |
62% | CCS | 3 | Adds to the chain, in a way |
60% | WATER | 5 | Tend to, in a way, as a garden |
59% | MANSPREADS | 10 | Crowds one's seatmates, in a way ... or a hint to the circled letters |
59% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
59% | HOE | 3 | Tend to a garden, in a way |
58% | REWIND | 6 | Go back to the start, in a way |
58% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
57% | DOCTOREDUP | 10 | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
57% | TRIMTHETREE | 11 | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
57% | CLAP | 4 | Say "yes!" to the address, in a way |
56% | SNORE | 5 | One way to keep a mate awake in the bedroom |
56% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
56% | SPIN | 4 | Attempt to control the narrative, in a way |
56% | BOWL | 4 | Try to avoid the gutter, in a way |
56% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |
55% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
55% | RAKED | 5 | Tended to a Zen garden, in a way |
55% | POTS | 4 | Plants, in a way |
55% | EMBED | 5 | Plant, in a way |
54% | STABLEBOY | 9 | Person in a barn who tends to the animals |
54% | CATFISHES | 9 | Misrepresents oneself to on the internet, in a way |
54% | MISDIAL | 7 | Get to the wrong party, in a way |
54% | SLICEOPEN | 9 | Get to the heart of, in a way |