| 100% | DARKARTS | 8 | What sorcerers practice ... or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle |
| 62% | READMUSIC | 9 | Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 61% | SOUNDMIXING | 11 | Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle |
| 60% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 58% | RIGHTONCUE | 10 | Prompt ... or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | ENTER | 5 | Key that moves the cursor to the next line ... or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle |
| 56% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Dating axiom … or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 56% | PIECESOFEIGHT | 13 | Pirate plunder ... or a hint to interpreting an appropriate number of squares in this puzzle |
| 55% | PUSMOTTOB | 9 | *"Cheers!" ... or a hint to answering this puzzle's five starred clues |
| 55% | CROSSROADS | 10 | 1969 Cream hit ... or a hint to the seven "mathematical" clues in this puzzle |
| 55% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Blackjack bet ... or a hint to applying the five shaded regions in this puzzle |
| 55% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray … or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 54% | COVERALLTHEBASES | 16 | Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do |
| 54% | UNDERSEALAB | 11 | Aquanaut's workplace ... or a hint to what's graphically represented four times in this puzzle |
| 53% | ENDSUPONTOP | 11 | Prevails eventually … or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle |
| 53% | BLACKCOMEDY | 11 | Morbid humor ... or a hint to how the thematic clues in this puzzle reimagine representation on TV? |
| 53% | MILKSHAKES | 10 | Diner treats ... or a hint to what's happening to the words in the circled squares in this puzzle? |
| 53% | RUNNING | 7 | With 57-Across, 1977 Jackson Browne album ... or a hint to what's depicted in this puzzle's grid |
| 53% | FREAKY | 6 | With 34-Across, 2003 body-switching comedy ... or a hint to what's in this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 53% | TAKETHEL | 8 | Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | DIVIDEDBY | 9 | ÷ ... or a literal hint to interpreting eight squares in this puzzle |
| 52% | MOVING | 6 | With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle |
| 52% | SPILLTHEB | 9 | Blab ... or a literal hint to completing five answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | WIGGLEROOM | 10 | Space to maneuver, or a hint to five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 50% | DOUBLECROSS | 11 | Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | TICKALLTHEBOXES | 15 | Be fully qualified ... or a hint to interpreting this puzzle's shaded squares |
| 49% | TURNKEYS | 8 | Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | HOLLYWOOD | 9 | With 61-Across, 1987 Robert Townsend satire ... or a hint to deciphering four clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | ACROSSTHEPOND | 13 | In Britain, to Americans ... or a hint to what separates this puzzle's circled words |
| 49% | NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | 21 | Magic words … or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |