| 100% | INFERIOR | 8 | To be less in quality or success than the others |
| 44% | TERN | 4 | The New Zealand fairy variety of this bird was down to less than 50 individuals in 2018 |
| 40% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 39% | CLARITY | 7 | The quality of being easy to see or hear |
| 38% | NEEDSADULTSUPERVISION | 21 | In other words, mom or dad will have to operate it |
| 38% | EQUALS | 6 | Comes to, or is the same as, in math |
| 38% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 38% | AIL | 3 | Be in less than the peak of health |
| 38% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| 37% | HIT | 3 | Success in the game 60-Across ... or a hint to interpreting the circled squares |
| 37% | HANSOLO | 7 | He claimed to have "made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs" |
| 36% | ANY | 3 | In less than a minute, they decide whether or not they want to take it __ further. |
| 36% | QOM | 3 | The city in Iran, other than Shahrud, where the Shahab-3 ballistic missile can be launched from |
| 36% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these |
| 36% | KEY | 3 | ___ West, island in Florida that is home to the Harry S. Truman Little White House |
| 35% | DOUBLEDOUBLE | 12 | Statistical achievement in basketball ... or what the answer to each starred clue is |
| 35% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Never to be repeated ... or an apt pronouncement after following the instructions sequentially in 17-, 25-, 39- and 49-Across? |
| 35% | MARINERS | 8 | Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series |
| 35% | MALL | 4 | (5/5) "He might also be listening to the wishes of little children in the shopping ___" |
| 35% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 35% | PARAPHRASES | 11 | Puts in other words, or, if read as three pieces, a hint to the starred answers |
| 35% | DYE | 3 | Comedian Jeff ___, who was the "sidekick" to Shatner, Bradshaw, Foreman and Winkler in "Better Late Than Never " |
| 35% | TAPIRS | 6 | Large animals that look a little pig-like, are related to rhinos and live in the Amazon |
| 34% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 34% | CORPORATEMERGER | 15 | Business acquisition ... or a hint to how the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle were formed? |
| 34% | FLU | 3 | Ailment that is estimated to generate more than $3 billion annually in direct medical costs in the US |
| 34% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 34% | MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE | 17 | Popular action film franchise ... or what trying to find the item in this puzzle can be described as |
| 34% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 34% | MATCH | 5 | To be similar or the same as |