| 100% | ASD | 3 | Type of device which, by means of a fan-driven intake, can spot the first hint of a fire before you even suspect it |
| 31% | USB | 3 | Type of port into which you can insert a flash drive: Abbr. |
| 27% | BACKTRACK | 9 | Reverse a position, and a hint to what can follow the first words of the starred answers |
| 26% | TAN | 3 | You could get one by relaxing in a certain type of booth |
| 26% | RECHARGE | 8 | To boost the battery of a device by plugging it in |
| 25% | WELLPLAYED | 10 | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 25% | GOLF | 4 | Game in which a certain tournament's champions put on aptly colorful jackets (you can find this tournament in the first letters of this puzzle's circled colors) |
| 25% | TONGUE | 6 | A word you can't remember will be on the tip of it |
| 25% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 25% | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 13 | Type of book which is usually a collection of reminiscences by a person like Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" |
| 24% | STARTER | 7 | The first course of a meal, which is often a salad |
| 24% | TEE | 3 | It's used for the first stroke of a golf hole |
| 24% | UTTER | 5 | Word meaning blurt out, and when you've blurted it, the same word could be followed by nonsense |
| 24% | ROCK | 4 | "We Will ___ You," 1977 song by Queen which is a part of the album "News of the World" |
| 24% | BRAD | 4 | With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
| 24% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 24% | ACRONYM | 7 | Word formed by the first letters of a series of words |
| 24% | GIRL | 4 | "___ on Fire," 2012 song by Alicia Keys which is a part of her fifth studio album of the same name |
| 24% | NOTMYFIRSTRODEO | 15 | "Done this before, you know!" ... or a hint to the last words of 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and 48-Across |
| 24% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 24% | BAR | 3 | Type of table where you can share a drink |
| 24% | CHERUB | 6 | The type of angel represented by a chubby child |
| 24% | RAISEEMUP | 9 | Words before a toast, and what you can do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 23% | TWEET | 5 | Message such as @skullmandible's "most cutting thing you can say is 'who's this clown?' because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns" |
| 23% | DOUBLE | 6 | It can precede the first words of 17-, 28-, 35-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 23% | LED | 3 | Word that could mean both, "went first" or "a type of bulb" |
| 23% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of times it's marking time (plus you could add a big one at the end) |
| 23% | LOVE | 4 | "___ Is Strong," first single by The Rolling Stones which is a part of their 1994 album "Voodoo Lounge" |
| 23% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 23% | CREAM | 5 | It can follow the first word of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |