| 100% | ARMS | 4 | What short sleeves display (or the two states above LA) |
| 43% | ALGA | 4 | Organism used to make some fuels (or the two states above FL) |
| 32% | BAREARMS | 8 | What short sleeves leave |
| 31% | WINDOWDRESSINGS | 15 | Storefront merchandise displays, or what the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across are |
| 30% | OUTOFBODYEXPERIENCE | 19 | Viewing oneself from above, say, or a hint to what the shaded spaces represent |
| 30% | OUTOFORDER | 10 | Like a nonfunctioning vending machine, or what the circled letters are, in two ways |
| 30% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 30% | BOBOLINKS | 9 | Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? |
| 29% | PENTANGLES | 10 | Five-pointed stars ... or, in two words, what the sets of circles represent? |
| 29% | ALA | 3 | One of the two states bordering Florida: Abbr. |
| 29% | ALTOGETHER | 10 | On the whole ... or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has |
| 28% | DIERESIS | 8 | The two dots in “naïve” or “Brontë” |
| 28% | HRS | 3 | The two dozen in a day, for short |
| 28% | SHAKENBAKE | 10 | Breadcrumb coating brand ... or, as two words, what is found in the answers to starred clues |
| 28% | BORO | 4 | Manhattan or The Bronx, for short |
| 28% | APP | 3 | What you would download from the Google Play Store or its iOS counterpart, for short |
| 28% | NOFEAR | 6 | What the gutsy display |
| 28% | USOFA | 5 | The States, for short |
| 27% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 27% | ONANDOFF | 8 | Intermittently, or the two positions for a light switch: 3 wds. |
| 27% | DMZ | 3 | Area between the two Koreas, for short |
| 27% | NGO | 3 | Greenpeace or the Red Cross, for short |
| 27% | MIL | 3 | Big bucks or the Bucks, for short |
| 27% | EYES | 4 | Two organs above the nose |
| 27% | CAL | 3 | LA's state, for short |
| 27% | ETAL | 4 | What makes the short list? |
| 27% | ETC | 3 | What makes the short list? |
| 27% | NEV | 3 | Las Vegas' state, for short |
| 27% | NEV | 3 | Las Vegas state, for short |
| 27% | ALA | 3 | The Yellowhammer State, for short |