| 100% | NEWYEARSEVE | 11 | Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 50% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 45% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 45% | TAKEITDOWNANOTCH | 16 | Reduce one’s excitement slightly ... or what you have to do to the final letter of five long answers in this puzzle? |
| 45% | STEAKDINNER | 11 | Meal suggested by the starts of four long answers |
| 45% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 45% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 42% | HEADTOTOE | 9 | Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 42% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND | 22 | Request for one-on-one time in the "Bachelor" TV franchise … or a phonetic hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 41% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 41% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| 41% | YIDDISH | 7 | Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 40% | CROSS | 5 | With 36-Down, intersection ... as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? |
| 40% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | Window, of sorts ... or a hint to completing 10 answers in this puzzle |
| 39% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 39% | YECCH | 5 | Reaction to the starts of the five longest puzzle answers |
| 39% | ELEVEN | 6 | How many letters are in the longest answers in this puzzle - or how many of these answers there are |
| 39% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 39% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 39% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |