| 100% | STATE | 5 | What "taxes," "wonkery" and "I mean" are each anagrams of |
| 50% | NONO | 4 | Forbidden thing, and what each of four long answers is? |
| 49% | BENDSTHETRUTH | 13 | Is subtly misleading, or what each of 23- and 47-Across does, figuratively and literally |
| 49% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 49% | GETTINGTHEW | 11 | Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing? |
| 49% | STATECAPITALS | 13 | What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of |
| 48% | SIDECAR | 7 | Cognac-and-Cointreau drink, and what each of this puzzle's border answers is |
| 48% | MIXEDSALAD | 10 | Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? |
| 48% | CLUBSANDWICH | 12 | Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is? |
| 48% | PERMUTATIONS | 12 | What 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across are of each other |
| 47% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 47% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 47% | INREVERSE | 9 | One way to drive ... and what the last word of each starred clue really means |
| 47% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Gosling/Stone film ... and, as shown by circles, what each of four answers is |
| 47% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 47% | HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | 16 | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| 47% | COOKIE | 6 | With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
| 47% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture of 2014 ... or what 18-, 23-, 28-, 34-, 46- and 56-Across each is? |
| 46% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 46% | BANDONTHERUN | 12 | 1973 triple-platinum album by Wings ... and what each of three answers to starred clues is, literally |
| 46% | INNERGODDESS | 12 | Divine feminine energy, and what can be found in each of the answers to the starred clues |
| 46% | RUNNINGMATE | 11 | Vice presidential hopeful, and what the first part of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| 46% | DEADEND | 7 | Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? |
| 46% | SKIPPINGTOWN | 12 | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 45% | HOLISTICDIET | 12 | Component of balanced health ... and what each answer to a starred clue looks like it should be part of? |
| 45% | HOLLYWOODENDING | 15 | 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and 42-Across can be |
| 44% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 44% | MIDDLESCHOOL | 12 | Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? |
| 43% | COIN | 4 | "I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. What am I?" |
| 43% | KERATIN | 7 | What hair and nails are made of |