| 100% | THEBEST | 7 | What "is yet to come," in a Sinatra classic |
| 54% | EPITAPH | 7 | "The best is yet to come," for Frank Sinatra |
| 50% | LIESAHEAD | 9 | Is yet to come |
| 49% | PITABREAD | 9 | What meat is wrapped in to make a gyro: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BEST | 4 | "The ___ is yet to come" |
| 48% | BEST | 4 | "The __ is yet to come" |
| 48% | DEALBREAKER | 11 | Negotiations killer ... or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue is |
| 48% | SIN | 3 | What it is to kill a mockingbird, in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 48% | LAW | 3 | What the bill wants to be, in "I'm Just a Bill" |
| 47% | ACTOR | 5 | What a waiter in New York or Los Angeles might aspire to be |
| 47% | ICE | 3 | What might need to be scraped off a windshield in winter |
| 47% | SINATRA | 7 | "The Best Is Yet to Come" singer |
| 47% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 47% | HEADSTO | 7 | Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come" |
| 46% | IVANA | 5 | Trump who wrote "The Best Is Yet to Come" |
| 45% | EXCHANGINGRINGS | 15 | Sharing in a symbol of commitment … or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| 45% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 45% | ROOST | 5 | What chickens come home to do, in a saying |
| 44% | ELEVEN | 6 | On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to |
| 44% | DEUCESWILD | 10 | Card game declaration, and a hint to what can be found in the four other longest answers |
| 44% | PROTEINSHAKE | 12 | Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters |
| 44% | THEDIE | 6 | What is cast, in a saying |
| 44% | MILNE | 5 | Who wrote, in a classic children's book, "It is hard to be brave ... when you're only a Very Small Animal" |
| 44% | GREATWALL | 9 | Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what's missing from 10 answers |
| 44% | BEAN | 4 | Veggie that comes in fava and pinto varieties ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 43% | FIREANDRAIN | 11 | James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue |
| 43% | DATABACKUP | 10 | System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across |
| 43% | CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | 15 | "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
| 43% | UNRUN | 5 | Yet to be projected, as a film |