| 100% | SEVENTHHEAVEN | 13 | Total bliss ... or, when read in three parts, a description of the region above this grid? |
| 42% | WORD | 4 | Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
| 41% | DOVETAILS | 9 | Fits together nicely . . . or a description of the last words of the starred clues’ answers, when read in order? |
| 40% | WHATITSALLABOUT | 15 | The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 39% | ARTOO | 5 | ___-Detoo ... or, when read in three parts, a hint to 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 38% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 37% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | FLIGHT | 6 | "The ___ of the Phoenix," 1965 film starring James Stewart ... or part of a New Year's wish highlighted in this puzzle |
| 35% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 34% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Certain TV intro ... or a description of each of 12 letters in the grid (the starts of six Across entries and then six Down entries) that spell out an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 34% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 34% | WATERSLIDES | 11 | Summer amusements ... or a literal description of three answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 33% | INCLEMENT | 9 | Extreme or severe in a description of the weather |
| 33% | PICKLEBALL | 10 | Sports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid? |
| 33% | HEMLINE | 7 | In a dress, this falls above or below the knee |
| 33% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Read these in the bottom of a cup, to predict |
| 33% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | Making an appearance after the party starts, or a description of the shifted articles of clothing in this puzzle |
| 33% | NOCLUE | 6 | "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | WISEUPTO | 8 | Become aware of … or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle's grid |
| 32% | SEVENTYNINE | 11 | Atomic number of the special parts of this puzzle which, when connected, form a 113-Across |
| 32% | STUMP | 5 | Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket |
| 32% | COMPASS | 7 | Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four "+" shapes in this puzzle's grid |
| 32% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 32% | WORD | 4 | Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
| 32% | ODDSANDENDS | 11 | Miscellany ... or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across |
| 31% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 31% | WORDSQUARE | 10 | Classic letter puzzle -- or, when parsed differently, a hint to three Down answers in this puzzle |
| 31% | COTTONCANDY | 11 | Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle |
| 31% | DOUBLED*PPERS | 13 | Ones committing a party foul ... or the images depicted in this puzzle's grid? |