| 100% | BADLUCKSYMBOL | 13 | This clue's 110-Across, to the superstitious |
| 69% | DIVERSGOAL | 10 | This clue's 110-Across, at the Olympics |
| 58% | MIDNIGHTHOUR | 12 | This clue's 110-Across, timewise |
| 57% | ARGONSATOMICNUMBER | 18 | This clue's 110-Across, in chemistry |
| 56% | REALLOOKER | 10 | This clue's 110-Across, in terms of attractiveness |
| 55% | VOTINGAGEINAMERICA | 18 | This clue's 110-Across, as is relevant each November |
| 53% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues |
| 53% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 53% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 52% | FRUITLESS | 9 | Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | DEADLAST | 8 | Like this clue among the Acrosses |
| 51% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue among all the Acrosses |
| 51% | AANDW | 5 | Classic root beer brand ... or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | FIVESECONDRULE | 14 | Dubious food-eating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Gamble boldly, in a way … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle's italicized clues |
| 49% | TERSE | 5 | Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) |
| 49% | SPUNAROUND | 10 | Like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue vis-à-vis the other Across clues |
| 49% | FIRST | 5 | Like this clue vis-à-vis the other Across clues |
| 49% | HALFBAKED | 9 | Like the answers to this puzzle's 12 asterisked clues? |
| 49% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 49% | REVENGEISADISH | 14 | With 11-Down, proverb about delayed retribution, with a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | UPSIDEDOWN | 10 | How the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all appear |
| 48% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 47% | BILATERAL | 9 | With 46-Across, feature of the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense |
| 47% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |
| 46% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 46% | PAYNOATTENTIONTO | 16 | Film quote (with 69 and 84 Across) that's the key to what's being ignored this puzzle |
| 46% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |