| 100% | COMES | 5 | What's between here and the sun, in song? |
| 51% | BACKSTREETS | 11 | Springsteen song, and what's contained in the circles |
| 49% | GAS | 3 | What the sun and Sunoco have in common |
| 46% | MIDDLEEAR | 9 | Anvil setting, and what the long song titles have in common |
| 43% | ROKER | 5 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality Al |
| 43% | GAMIFICATION | 12 | What's caused a mismatch between the starred clues and their answers |
| 43% | UNITED | 6 | What the U.S. and U.K. have in common? |
| 43% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |
| 43% | NIGHT | 5 | What comes between evening and the next morning |
| 43% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SHADOW | 6 | What's longer in the morning and evening than it is at noon |
| 42% | SEALED | 6 | What the Go-Go's lips are in a 1981 song |
| 42% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 42% | FRUIT | 5 | What's found hidden between words in "deli meat," "little monster" and "radio range" |
| 42% | LIST | 4 | What Santa's making and double-checking, in song |
| 42% | WNBA | 4 | The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. |
| 41% | THEWAYITIS | 10 | 1986 Bruce Hornsby and the Range song sampled in Tupac Shakur's "Changes": 4 wds. |
| 41% | INOUTLIST | 9 | Catalog of what's trendy and what's not in the new year |
| 41% | PARITY | 6 | What the U.S. and Canadian dollars had, roughly, in the early 2010s |
| 41% | MAC | 3 | Guess what's the most popular cheese dish in the USA? "___ and cheese" |
| 41% | WHITE | 5 | What the color of Bing Crosby's Christmas is, in a 1942 song? |
| 41% | OLDMACDONALD | 12 | Children's song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle |
| 41% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | WNBA | 4 | The Sun and the Sky are in it: Abbr. |
| 41% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days" |
| 41% | CATSUP | 6 | Hunt's offering, and what you'll find in the starred answers |
| 41% | ALROKER | 7 | "And here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" weather personality on NBC's "Today" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LOOSECHANGE | 11 | Pocket money ... and what's in the puzzle's circles? |
| 40% | ROAM | 4 | What the buffalo do, in a classic song |
| 40% | LEO | 3 | What the sun enters in August |