| 100% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 66% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 64% | KEEPITPG | 8 | "Tone down that PDA, there are kids around," and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 62% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 61% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 60% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 60% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 57% | DPS | 3 | MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers |
| 56% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | SIDEHUSTLE | 10 | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| 56% | Y=X | 3 | Basic linear expression with a hint to answering the five starred clues in this puzzle |
| 55% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 55% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | TAKINGTHEPLUNGE | 15 | Acting after much hesitation, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 53% | DAILYJUMBLE | 11 | Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 52% | IRONCLAD | 8 | Unbreakable, and a hint to making sense of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DROPZONE | 8 | Certain delivery location, and a hint to solving six answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| 52% | TWISTANDSHOUT | 13 | 1964 Beatles hit, and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | WRAPSUP | 7 | Finishes, and a hint to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 52% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 52% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| 52% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | POWERCOUPLE | 11 | Influential pairing, and a hint to the circles in four puzzle answers |
| 52% | SWIPELEFT | 9 | Reject online, and a hint to the circled boxes in this puzzle |