| 100% | LOVESONG | 8 | This clue is about the Kendrick Lamar track, not the emotion |
| 58% | BLUEMOVIE | 9 | This clue is about the Krzysztof Kieslowski film, not the color |
| 58% | LABANIMAL | 9 | This clue is about the dog breed, not the scientific research facility |
| 58% | SPITGAME | 8 | This clue is about the two-player activity, not the bodily fluid |
| 57% | DAYBOOK | 7 | This clue is about the Elie Wiesel novel, not the portion of a week |
| 44% | DNA | 3 | Kendrick Lamar hit with the lyric “I was born like this” |
| 43% | ONEWORD | 7 | What the answer to this clue is not (it's two!) |
| 42% | DNA | 3 | 3x platinum Kendrick Lamar song with the lyric "I was born like this" |
| 41% | LIE | 3 | "This is not the last clue in this puzzle," e.g. |
| 40% | LASTLETTERS | 11 | Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues |
| 38% | THERE | 5 | This clue is not here |
| 38% | FILM | 4 | "This ___ Is Not Yet Rated" (documentary about the MPAA) |
| 38% | MOMMA | 5 | Kendrick Lamar track about coming home |
| 38% | PARANOID | 8 | Like those who think this clue is about them |
| 38% | VAIN | 4 | So __ they probably think this clue is about them |
| 37% | WORD | 4 | The first one in this clue is "The" |
| 37% | ENG | 3 | The language this clue is written in: Abbr. |
| 37% | EDGE | 4 | The answer to this clue is located on one |
| 35% | PERON | 5 | The musical Evita is about this Eva |
| 35% | EVA | 3 | The musical Evita is about this Perón |
| 35% | MEAD | 4 | Artificial lake created in 1935 not far from the Las Vegas Strip, that in April this year was only at about 43% capacity |
| 35% | LASTWORD | 8 | "Clue" is the one in this clue |
| 35% | FLOATING | 8 | These ribs are not connected to the breastbone |
| 34% | STBERNARD | 9 | The film, Beethoven, is about this kind of dog |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | "Now is not the ___" ("Do this later") |
| 34% | THATWASNTON | 11 | With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 34% | TASTE | 5 | The clue for this answer is found at 7-Across |
| 34% | EVAPERON | 8 | Evita the musical was about this first lady |
| 34% | END | 3 | What this clue is, with "the" |
| 34% | ITSINTHEBAG | 11 | "We have this won" ... or what could be said about each of the first words of the answers to the starred clues |