| 100% | DISAPPEARINGACT | 15 | Trick of being suddenly nowhere to be found … or an apt description of victory for a 59-Down player? |
| 49% | BLOCKBUSTER | 11 | Hugely successful film … or an apt description of a 59-Down player? |
| 40% | DROPMEALINE | 11 | "Don't be a stranger" … or an apt request from a 59-Down player? |
| 38% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | GREENNEWDEAL | 12 | Proposed climate legislation ... or an apt description for the first five letters of the answers to the starred clues |
| 36% | JOINHANDS | 9 | Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do |
| 34% | IMDOWN | 6 | "Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | ALAMODE | 7 | Fashionable, or an apt description of the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | COOLWEATHER | 11 | Feature of early spring and late fall, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | FOURF | 5 | Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across |
| 33% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | Does a driving test task - or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle |
| 33% | COMEONDOWN | 10 | "The Price Is Right" signature phrase, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 33% | MISSING | 7 | Lost ... or, in two words, an apt description of 17-, 24-, 47- and 59-Across |
| 32% | BOARDMEETING | 12 | High-level get-together, or an apt description of the pairing found in 19-, 25-, 30-, 48-, or 56-Across? |
| 32% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 32% | ANIMALSPIRITS | 13 | Keynesian term for emotional factors that affect financial decision-making . . . or an apt description of 18-, 24-, 50-, and 57-Across |
| 32% | YOUNGATHEART | 12 | Feeling like age is just a number, and an apt description of 18-, 25-, 40-, and 53-Across |
| 31% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | AHEADOFTIME | 11 | Early, or a hint to where each half of each starred answer can be found |
| 31% | TREEHUGGER | 10 | Metaphorical term for an environmentalist, or literal description of a koala |
| 31% | ROYAL | 5 | With 39-Down, defenders over London, or an apt description of 19-, 29-, and 52-Across? |
| 31% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | MIA | 3 | Nowhere to be found, for short |
| 31% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, for short |
| 30% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, as a soldier |
| 30% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, in a way |
| 30% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack player's option ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 30% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, as a soldier: Abbr. |
| 30% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |