| 100% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Well-kept secret ... or a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 72% | PARTANIMAL | 10 | Like a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues |
| 71% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 69% | ITCOUPLES | 9 | Tabloid twosomes ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | HALFOFF | 7 | Discounted 50% ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | MIDDLEEAST | 10 | World hot spot ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 69% | SOFTOPENING | 11 | Invitation-only debut ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues? |
| 69% | HANGINTHERE | 11 | "Stick with it!" … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | BLACK | 5 | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | WHATARETHEODDS | 14 | "How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | THEREARENOWORDS | 15 | "I can't even!" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | SHARINGISCARING | 15 | Preschool teacher's mantra … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | NATO | 4 | With 115-Across, communication system that's a hint to the answer to each starred clue |
| 68% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | EVERYONESACRITIC | 16 | Exasperated response to piled-on feedback ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 68% | PRIME | 5 | With 66-Across, peak evening hours ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 67% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Morning person, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 66% | RIGHTYTIGHTY | 12 | With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning 54-Across … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | TWISTOFLEMON | 12 | Drink garnish ... or a hint to five letters in the answer to each starred clue |
| 66% | ADHOMINEM | 9 | Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 66% | LOWKEY | 6 | Casual ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 66% | ATALOSSFORWORDS | 15 | Dumbfounded ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 65% | ALLABOARD | 9 | Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | HANDYDANDY | 10 | *Very convenient ... or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 65% | ANIMALMAGNETISM | 15 | Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 65% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 65% | MPS | 3 | AWOL chasers ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 65% | COVERTOPS | 9 | Spy activities ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |
| 65% | NOFLYZONE | 9 | Restricted space ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues |