| 100% | GEOMETRIC | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 100% | CLASSICAL | 9 | Type of elements hidden in the starred answers on this side of the grid |
| 47% | LEFT | 4 | Unfitting answer for this side of the grid |
| 44% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 44% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 41% | BIRDS | 5 | Things hidden in the answers to this puzzle's six starred clues |
| 40% | GAG | 3 | Joke hidden in the starred answers |
| 39% | PERILOUS | 8 | Type of fight cited in the Star-Spangled Banner |
| 39% | GLAD | 4 | Chuffed, on this side of the Atlantic |
| 39% | SLY | 3 | Dodgy, on this side of the pond |
| 39% | NAKED | 5 | Starkers, on this side of the pond |
| 39% | FRIES | 5 | Chips, on this side of the pond |
| 39% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter on this side of the pond |
| 39% | PINTSIZED | 9 | 16 ounces, on this side of the pond |
| 39% | BAR | 3 | Watering hole, on this side of the pond |
| 38% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 38% | PUN | 3 | Type of punchline hidden in this clue |
| 38% | WEST | 4 | The half of the keyboard on which all of this puzzle's answers can be typed |
| 38% | TAKETHEWRONGWAY | 15 | Misinterpret, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | YOURATTENTIONPLEASE | 19 | Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues |
| 38% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 38% | SELFREFLECTION | 14 | Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred clue |
| 38% | SUGARPLUM | 9 | This type of fairy danced in The Nutcracker |
| 38% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 38% | AREYOUFORREAL | 13 | "Seriously?!" … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle? |
| 38% | SECRET | 6 | When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 37% | MEASURESUP | 10 | Meets expectations, and a hint to words hidden in the starred answers |
| 37% | WAITING | 7 | On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code |
| 37% | EAST | 4 | Appropriate answer for this place in the grid |