| 100% | OLD | 3 | Unlike the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 69% | TOE | 3 | Digit associated with the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 66% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 63% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. found at the 56-Down of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 62% | INA | 3 | With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 61% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 60% | FIRSTAMENDMENT | 14 | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| 60% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 59% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Statesman born 2/12/1809 whose surname can precede the starts of four long puzzle answers |
| 59% | HEEEEERESJOHNNY | 15 | Classic TV intro which can be applied to the starts of the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 59% | MISSINGINGREDIENT | 17 | Feature of this puzzle (hint: string together the letters omitted from the starts of 10 long answers) |
| 57% | CVS | 3 | Brief résumés, and an apt description of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 56% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 56% | YECCH | 5 | Reaction to the starts of the five longest puzzle answers |
| 54% | STEAKDINNER | 11 | Meal suggested by the starts of four long answers |
| 54% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 53% | BUGS | 4 | They're found at the end of this puzzle's longest answers |
| 53% | THROW | 5 | Light bed cover ... and a verb that goes with the first parts of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 53% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 52% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | NOTFITFORTHEJOB | 15 | Like the start of four long answers, vis-à-vis its answer? |
| 52% | ILLSECONDTHAT | 13 | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| 52% | OSCAR | 5 | Muppet who loves this puzzle's four longest answers? |
| 52% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DRONE | 5 | Bee formed by the letters heard at the starts of this puzzle's theme answers |
| 52% | SMOKEYBEAR | 10 | Character who's wary of the starts to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 51% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |