| 100% | GOTTHEHOOK | 10 | Was yanked offstage ... or what four puzzle answers did, in a way |
| 52% | REDACTED | 8 | Stricken, in a way, as was done four times in this puzzle |
| 52% | CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH | 19 | Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? |
| 51% | TURNSOFPHRASE | 13 | Distinctive ways to express things, or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle could be said to constitute |
| 51% | MIXEDEMOTIONS | 13 | Mental conflict ... or what may be found in four long puzzle answers? |
| 50% | TURNINGRED | 10 | Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing |
| 50% | DOUBLEDIP | 9 | Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? |
| 50% | RUNUPATAB | 9 | Accumulate charges … or what you must do to answer four clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | HIDDENTAX | 9 | Income-reducing inequity, or what can be found in the four other longest puzzle answers |
| 49% | EXCHANGINGRINGS | 15 | Sharing in a symbol of commitment … or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| 48% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 48% | PEST | 4 | With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 48% | CLEANUP | 7 | Response to 40-Across ... or what can be done to 12 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? |
| 46% | HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE | 19 | What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
| 46% | TRADINGPLACES | 13 | Classic 1983 comedy … or a hint to what the answers to four pairs of starred clues are doing |
| 46% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 45% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 45% | CLOSESTHEDEAL | 13 | Has successful negotiations, and, in a way, what this puzzle does |
| 45% | PIGEONHOLES | 11 | Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 45% | NINETOFIVEJOBS | 14 | Predictable work ... and, in a way, what the other three longest answers are? |
| 44% | GOOUTONALIMB | 12 | Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do |
| 44% | DROPTROU | 8 | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| 44% | GOUNDERCOVER | 12 | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 44% | RAILROADED | 10 | Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? |
| 44% | FORMLETTERS | 11 | Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) |
| 44% | FIRSTOFTHEMONTH | 15 | Today, e.g. ... or what is found in 12 puzzle answers |
| 43% | WATERCOLORS | 11 | Some Winslow Homer art ... or what five answers in this puzzle are? |
| 43% | ROOTSUP | 7 | Digs out, or what can be found in four long Down answers? |
| 43% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant thing, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |
| 43% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Architectural marker, or what can be found four times in this puzzle |