| 100% | ATTACKWITHAPAW | 14 | The clue for 127-Across, if this shell game weren't a scam |
| 85% | ARCTICEXPLORER | 14 | The clue for 128-Down, if this shell game weren't a scam |
| 36% | TASTE | 5 | The clue for this answer is found at 7-Across |
| 32% | SEVENCS | 7 | Punny title for this puzzle that's a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | BIGGAME | 7 | Slang term for the event occurring this Sunday featuring an 8 Across & a 23 Across, with "The" |
| 31% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue vis-à-vis the other Across clues |
| 31% | FIRST | 5 | Like this clue vis-à-vis the other Across clues |
| 31% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 31% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 31% | JUSTTHETWOOFUS | 14 | 1981 hit with the lyric "We can make it if we try" ... or a possible title for this puzzle |
| 31% | ISPYWITHMYLITTLEEYE | 19 | Children's game phrase that should start the italicized clues … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle |
| 30% | EXTRACT | 7 | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| 30% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 30% | CENTER | 6 | The letter A, for this crossword |
| 30% | ANALOGY | 7 | The clue for 25-Across, e.g. |
| 30% | ATBAT | 5 | You don't get credit for this if you're hit by a pitch |
| 29% | HOTAIR | 6 | This provided a boost for the Montgolfier brothers |
| 29% | ANS | 3 | T or F, for many a 19 Across |
| 29% | GETSADOMAINNAME | 15 | Shells out for a piece of the net |
| 29% | DEADLAST | 8 | Like this clue among the Acrosses |
| 29% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 29% | GRR | 3 | [If it weren't for this leash...] |
| 29% | WAYNEBRADY | 10 | Game show host known for "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" and "Let's Make a Deal": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue among all the Acrosses |
| 29% | WHOOP | 5 | Sound I might occasionally utter when I finish the clues for one of these infernal crosswords |
| 28% | EBS | 3 | This is a test. For the next 60 seconds ... org. |
| 28% | END | 3 | You've reached it for the Across clues |
| 28% | GROWTHAREA | 10 | Prime sector for development, and a clue to the ends of 18-, 24-, 40- and 50-Across |
| 28% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 28% | ODD | 3 | Like the number for this clue |