| 100% | GMC | 3 | What automaker makes the Yukon and Acadia? |
| 51% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Yukon and Acadia S.U.V.s |
| 44% | AUDI | 4 | Automaker that makes the Q8 and e-tron SUVs |
| 44% | HORNS | 5 | What the instruments erkencho and shofar are made of |
| 43% | LITTLEGIRLS | 11 | What the starts of 16-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across make? |
| 42% | MUSIC | 5 | What the ends of 17-, 23-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across make |
| 42% | OPEL | 4 | German automaker that makes the Corsa and Astra |
| 42% | GOGREEN | 7 | Make ecologically sound decisions, and a hint to what the starred answers do |
| 42% | ISUZU | 5 | Japanese automaker that made the Oasis and Trooper models |
| 41% | GMCS | 4 | Sierra, Yukon and Acadia |
| 41% | HOLDWATER | 9 | Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do |
| 40% | FORSTARTERS | 11 | "To begin..." and what the theme answers need in order to make sense |
| 40% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 40% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 40% | GMC | 3 | Maker of Yukons and Acadias |
| 40% | GETARAISE | 9 | Start to make more money, and what the circled letters do? |
| 39% | GMC | 3 | Maker of the Yukon and Canyon |
| 39% | GMC | 3 | Yukon and Sierra automaker |
| 39% | GMC | 3 | Carmaker that produces Yukon and Acadia SUVs |
| 39% | SPRINGAHEAD | 11 | Make an annual clock adjustment ... and what the end of 20-, 36- and 42-Across may literally have |
| 39% | BRAIN | 5 | Combine the chemical symbols for Boron, Radium, Iodine, and Nitrogen to make what the cranium contains |
| 39% | RAY | 3 | Kroc who made McDonald's what it is today and once owned the Padres baseball team |
| 39% | IBEFOREE | 8 | General spelling rule, and what must be imagined in the starred clues to make them accurate |
| 39% | DROPINS | 7 | Unexpected guests, and what you'll have to do to make sense of the starred answers |
| 38% | TEST | 4 | What may make the grade |
| 38% | AVIA | 4 | Czech automaker that originally built aircrafts in 1919 and currently makes trucks including the D120 4x4 Initia |
| 38% | FONDER | 6 | What absence makes the heart grow |
| 37% | OMEN | 4 | What could make the immediate future tense? |
| 37% | TVCAM | 5 | What might make the news, for short? |
| 37% | GMCS | 4 | Acadia and Yukon |