| 100% | ILLUSION | 8 | What a magician might create to fool the audience |
| 51% | SHIP | 4 | What a fool might be using to cross the sea, according to a Grateful Dead song? |
| 49% | EMPTYHANDS | 10 | What a magician might show at the beginning of a trick |
| 47% | RABBIT | 6 | What a magician might pull out of the [circled letters] |
| 46% | HALLPASS | 8 | What a student might need to go to the bathroom |
| 46% | FLATTIRE | 8 | What a fork in the road might lead to? |
| 45% | STEAL | 5 | What a base runner might do to the next base |
| 45% | COOL | 4 | What a baker may do to bring down the temperature of a cake |
| 45% | FOURTHWALL | 10 | What a character breaks when they talk directly to the audience |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might want to get at the beach |
| 45% | TAN | 3 | What a pale person might try to get at the beach |
| 45% | ANY | 3 | The card a magician might ask you to pick |
| 44% | PAW | 3 | What a kitty may dip into a water bowl to taste the water |
| 43% | WAND | 4 | What a magician may wave |
| 43% | CHAIN | 5 | What a "series" of fools may be called, according to an Aretha Franklin song? |
| 42% | FIREPLUG | 8 | What may have a dog leg to the left or right? |
| 42% | DYEJOB | 6 | What might get to the root of a problem? |
| 42% | ABSTRACTART | 11 | What may be created using the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 42% | MORALHIGHGROUND | 15 | What the righteous may claim, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 42% | CAPE | 4 | What a magician might wear over his back |
| 42% | COIN | 4 | What a magician might pull from your ear |
| 42% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 41% | TOE | 3 | What you might use to test the temperature of a bath |
| 41% | HALVETHEGAL | 11 | What a magician might do with a big saw? |
| 41% | HAT | 3 | What a magician might pull a rabbit out of |
| 41% | HAT | 3 | What a magician may pull a rabbit out of |
| 41% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 40% | THINAIR | 7 | What a magician's prop might vanish into |
| 40% | CARD | 4 | A magician might ask you to pick one |
| 39% | RIBCAGE | 7 | What a hook might connect to? |