| 100% | LAST | 4 | This clue, among all of the Down clues |
| 73% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue, among all the Downs |
| 62% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue among all the Acrosses |
| 59% | LAST | 4 | Like this clue, among the Downs |
| 55% | EARS | 4 | The African elephant has the largest of these among all animals |
| 53% | POCKETS | 7 | Keeps for oneself ... or features of the answers to all the starred clues |
| 53% | KEEPINTOUCH | 11 | Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | ITSALLYOU | 9 | "I'm handing this off now," and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | TIPTOPSHAPE | 11 | Exceptional physical health, and a feature of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | ENDGAME | 7 | Concluding stage of a chess match ... or a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 50% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Part of a magic show, and the key to understanding this puzzle's one-word clues |
| 49% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 49% | DEADLAST | 8 | Like this clue among the Acrosses |
| 49% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who was the source of all the words with asterisked clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | BENTOUT | 7 | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| 49% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | ZWEI | 4 | The number of this clue, in German |
| 47% | LOWERCASE | 9 | like all of this clue |
| 46% | HOT | 3 | Word describing the answer to each of the starred clues |
| 46% | PARENTHETIC | 11 | Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation) |
| 46% | SYMPHONIC | 9 | Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle |
| 46% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | NINETEEN | 8 | The number of this clue divided by two |
| 46% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of this clue |
| 46% | PRIME | 5 | Like the number of this clue |
| 46% | EDIT | 4 | Change, as some of these clues |