| 100% | CATS | 4 | What Grizabella and Skimbleshanks are, according to the title of a Broadway musical |
| 50% | COMEBACK | 8 | What Valerie Cherish made, according to the title of a 2005-2014 TV series |
| 48% | EATALONE | 8 | What to "never" do, according to the title of a 2005 best seller |
| 46% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |
| 44% | LACAGE | 6 | Informal title of a Tony-winning musical written by Harvey Fierstein that features the gay anthem "I Am What I Am" |
| 44% | EYEOPENER | 9 | Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be |
| 43% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 42% | AEA | 3 | According to Apollonius of Rhodes, this was the main city of Colchis, a land on the east coast of what is now the Black Sea |
| 42% | HARLEM | 6 | Let's go to the 1920s! What will you see here? The ___ Renaissance, a revival of Afro-American culture across the 1920s and 1930s |
| 41% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 40% | DRPEPPER | 8 | Soda that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, is not technically a cola |
| 40% | PENNAME | 7 | Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 40% | AGE | 3 | What the titles of Adele's "19," "21," and "25" refer to |
| 38% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 38% | CONNECTSTHEDOTS | 15 | Makes sense of a situation ... and, literally, what the quartet of answers to starred clues does |
| 38% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 38% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 38% | VIEIRA | 6 | Meredith of the "Today" show and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 37% | HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | 16 | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| 37% | AIRPLANESEATS | 13 | What the ends of the answers to 20-, 26- and 42-Across are |
| 37% | INGRAINED | 9 | Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? |
| 37% | SKIPINTRO | 9 | Command to bypass a recap of prior episodes ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 37% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 37% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 37% | FEEFIFOFORUM | 12 | Title of a "Jack and the Beanstalk" subreddit? |
| 37% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 37% | TWOSUITER | 9 | Piece of carry-on luggage, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical |
| 36% | CORAL | 5 | What the beaklike teeth of a parrotfish are used to bite |