| 100% | AGREE | 5 | What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn't do |
| 55% | AGREE | 5 | What this clue's subject and verb doesn't do |
| 48% | THEVIBESAREOFF | 14 | "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues? |
| 47% | SLANT | 5 | What the letters in this clue do |
| 44% | CLIMBSTHELADDER | 15 | Advances through corporate ranks … and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does |
| 43% | STATEBORDERS | 12 | What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality |
| 43% | CHANGECOLOR | 11 | What autumn leaves do, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | CHANGEPURSE | 11 | *Spot for coins, and what five letters do in the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | AGREE | 5 | What nouns and verbs must do |
| 41% | WIRETAP | 7 | What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do |
| 40% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 40% | DOWN | 4 | What the "d" in this crossword clue number means |
| 40% | MAKEAUTURN | 10 | Change direction on the road 180 degrees ... and what you must literally do in each starred clue to understand its answer |
| 40% | MAKINGACOMEBACK | 15 | What the eight featured celebrities in this puzzle are doing? |
| 39% | AGREE | 5 | What verbs and nouns should do |
| 39% | PASSGO | 6 | Round a corner in 65-Across ... or what you must do to answer the clues for 20-, 34-, 43- and 56-Across |
| 39% | OUST | 4 | What the president did to Mick Mulvaney in March of this year |
| 38% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 38% | BREAKSITALLDOWN | 15 | Explains in meticulous detail, and what the answer to each starred clue literally does? |
| 38% | TYPOS | 5 | What the editers missd in this clue |
| 38% | PLAYWITHMYFOOD | 14 | What I shouldn't do at the dinner table, except in 20-, 28-, and 44-Across? |
| 37% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 37% | WENTSOFT | 8 | Grew sentimental, or what the vowels did in answers to the paired clues |
| 37% | LITTHEOLYMPICCAULDRON | 21 | What this puzzle’s featured athletes did in the years indicated |
| 37% | EXIST | 5 | What the Loch Ness monster and Yeti probably don't do |
| 37% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 37% | WHITEHOUSEDOGS | 14 | What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues |
| 37% | MAKINGAFACE | 11 | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| 36% | JAZZ | 4 | With 68-Across, what the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote |
| 36% | MAKEMONEY | 9 | Earn … or what answering the starred clues will do in each case |