| 100% | AIM | 3 | To complete this puzzle may be your immediate one |
| 48% | TWOFIRSTNAMES | 13 | What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess |
| 45% | NEWGLASSES | 10 | What might be needed to clear up this puzzle? |
| 43% | LATELUNCH | 9 | One may cause your dinner to be spoiled |
| 43% | LATENESS | 8 | Your pay might be docked due to this |
| 42% | TOBACCO | 7 | Smoking this may be hazardous to your health |
| 41% | INFLIGHTMAGAZINE | 16 | Publication where this puzzle might be found |
| 40% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 39% | SEWINGKITS | 10 | Nine featured items in this puzzle may be found in these |
| 39% | JUSTADDWATER | 12 | "Instant" instructions, and how to complete this puzzle's starred clues |
| 39% | HELLSKITCHEN | 12 | Manhattan neighborhood where the meal in this puzzle might be served? |
| 39% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 38% | HARDEDGED | 9 | Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers |
| 38% | VALENTINE | 9 | This puzzle is one for you |
| 38% | FBIAGENTS | 9 | Govt. employees encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them |
| 38% | MOMENT | 6 | Something trendy might be said to be having one |
| 38% | SEC | 3 | You may be asked to hold on for one |
| 38% | YAWN | 4 | Observing one is said to be contagious ... and you might do it seconds after filling in this answer |
| 38% | DEMO | 4 | A floor model might be used to provide one |
| 38% | BURYTHE | 7 | With 43-Down, make peace ... or what you must do to complete this puzzle? |
| 37% | KILN | 4 | Lime might be added to one |
| 37% | IDIOT | 5 | One may be complete |
| 37% | PEN | 3 | A thick colored one might be useful in cracking this puzzle's meta |
| 37% | TOT | 3 | Little one whose cuteness and laughter may be your reason to smile today |
| 37% | HAIRCOLOR | 9 | You might be dyeing to get a new one! |
| 37% | LURE | 4 | There may be a catch to this |
| 37% | AHS | 3 | What this puzzle is designed to elicit |
| 37% | UEY | 3 | It may be illegal to hang one |
| 37% | SCANDAL | 7 | A gate may be attached to one |
| 37% | DECADE | 6 | An era may be confined to one |