| 100% | PERFECTED | 9 | To have made completely free of defects or faults |
| 37% | DONTLOOKATME | 12 | “I had nothing to do with it!” . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle’s clues |
| 36% | OSSEOUS | 7 | Made of or relating to bone |
| 36% | WEAKNESS | 8 | Fault or defect; opposite of strength |
| 35% | ERADICATE | 9 | To get rid of or completely eliminate something |
| 35% | ELIMINATE | 9 | To get rid of or completely remove something |
| 35% | TEASE | 5 | To make fun of or provoke using fun |
| 35% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these |
| 35% | RELISH | 6 | To enjoy or delight in; condiment made of pickles |
| 34% | VERSE | 5 | Free ___ (kind of poetry that doesn't have to rhyme) |
| 34% | CYMRIC | 6 | Of or having to do with Wales or Welsh culture |
| 32% | PLY | 3 | One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope |
| 31% | FINALSCORE | 10 | Game-ending result ... or what each of the answers to starred clues has? |
| 31% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Goof off ... or what the answer to each of the starred clues has |
| 31% | ABSOLVE | 7 | To make free from blame or guilt or consequence |
| 31% | REED | 4 | Type of pen one used to write on papyrus or to make cuneiform tablets |
| 31% | AAA | 3 | Type of battery, or who to call if you have a dead battery |
| 30% | FEMALELEAD | 10 | Feature of "Alien," "Mulan" or "Clueless" … or what the answer to each starred clue has? |
| 30% | GRANDOPENING | 12 | Ribbon-cutting event, or what the starts of the answers to starred clues can have |
| 30% | COUP | 4 | Overthrow, or, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of four pairs of Across answers |
| 30% | REALIST | 7 | Practical sort ... or anagram #1 of the only seven letters used to make this puzzle |
| 30% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 30% | THEMAN | 6 | Taylor Swift song with the lyric "Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you" |
| 30% | USE | 3 | To put into action. "Make ___ of what you have." |
| 30% | ETSY | 4 | Where to buy a lamp made out of a bourbon bottle or hand-stitched felt dolls |
| 30% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 30% | INTHECLEAR | 10 | Free of suspicion or blame |
| 30% | STERILE | 7 | It describes an environment completely free of germs |
| 29% | ICEMAN | 6 | Marvel superhero of the X-Men who has the ability to freeze water vapor and make structures |
| 29% | DOUBLE | 6 | To have two of something, '__ trouble' |