| 100% | RHYME | 5 | Tissue or "Miss you," for this clue? |
| 52% | ENG | 3 | Language for this clue, for short or word with "land" to make London's country |
| 49% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites … or instructions for answering this puzzle's starred clues |
| 46% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this clue |
| 46% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this clue |
| 46% | CAPSLOCK | 8 | KEY USED FOR THIS CLUE |
| 46% | DOWN | 4 | Crossword direction for this clue |
| 46% | END | 3 | Apt location for this clue |
| 46% | END | 3 | Fitting location for this clue |
| 46% | ILL | 3 | "___ never forgive you for this!" |
| 45% | END | 3 | Appropriate answer for this clue location |
| 45% | ERRS | 4 | Answers "airs" for this clue, say |
| 45% | ODD | 3 | Like the number for this clue |
| 45% | MERCI | 5 | “Thank you for this gift, Henri” |
| 45% | GONE | 4 | This clue is missing |
| 45% | END | 3 | This clue, for example |
| 45% | PER | 3 | For this or that |
| 45% | END | 3 | Apt answer for this final Down clue |
| 45% | SCRUBUP | 7 | Prep for surgery ... or what to do as you enter the answer to the previous clue |
| 44% | BEGIN | 5 | "I can't ___ to thank you for this" |
| 43% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 42% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 42% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | WORD | 4 | Answer to this clue, for example |
| 42% | ENG | 3 | Language of this clue, for short |
| 42% | MERGELEFT | 9 | What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle's theme |
| 41% | ENG | 3 | Language used in this clue, for short |
| 41% | ENG | 3 | Like this clue's language, for short |
| 41% | CARELESSMISTAKE | 15 | Forgetting to finish this clue, for examp |
| 41% | SOULMATE | 8 | This bud's for you |