| 100% | FILLINTHEBLANK | 14 | Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues |
| 60% | HOLDDOWNTHEFORT | 15 | Have charge temporarily ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's three starred clues |
| 58% | LATESHIFT | 9 | Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | RUNSONEMPTY | 11 | Keeps going despite fatigue ... or a hint to three features of this puzzle |
| 57% | SYMBIOTIC | 9 | Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | SCREEN | 6 | With 45-Down, displays during an online presentation ... or a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | KITTYCORNER | 11 | Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares |
| 54% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 54% | SCOOPEDUP | 9 | Eagerly obtained ... or a hint to the contents of this puzzle's shaded squares? |
| 53% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 53% | EARTHRISE | 9 | Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle's sequence of shaded squares |
| 52% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | CIRCLESBACK | 11 | Brings up a prior topic … or a hint to making sense of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | ROLLINGBLACKOUT | 15 | Temporary, controlled power shutdown … or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |
| 51% | PARALLELPARKING | 15 | Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 51% | THETIMES | 8 | With 38- and 52-Across, 1964 Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 50% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |
| 50% | RAMPUP | 6 | Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | BUTTOUT | 7 | "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle |
| 50% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | CONFUSION | 9 | Puzzlement ... or a hint to getting the 10 words on the perimeter of this puzzle |
| 49% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order ... or a hint to this puzzle's unusual construction |
| 49% | SPOONBENDING | 12 | Display of mentalism ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 49% | REDACTED | 8 | Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle |
| 49% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |