| 100% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 70% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 67% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 63% | NEWYEAR | 7 | What the last four letters of eight key answers in this puzzle might be considered, cryptically |
| 60% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 58% | LOOPS | 5 | What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include |
| 58% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 57% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 57% | TRADINGSPACES | 13 | Reality series whose title describes what the starting sounds of eight TV titles in this puzzle are doing |
| 56% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 56% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 55% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 55% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 54% | HEARTED | 7 | Word that can follow the starts of 11 answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | PERSEVERANCE | 12 | Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle |
| 54% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 52% | JUSTDESSERTS | 12 | Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be |
| 52% | FILM | 4 | What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is |
| 51% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | Bob Fosse film title relevant to the starts of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | SANDWICHSHOP | 12 | Its menu might include the ends of seven answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | SUMMERBLOCKBUSTER | 17 | What each of eight long answers in this puzzle was |
| 50% | PUNNEDIT | 8 | What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? |
| 49% | TLDR | 4 | "I lost interest" acronym spelled out by the starts of four answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 49% | IRATE | 5 | What nine key words in this puzzle are synonyms of |
| 48% | GOUNDERCOVER | 12 | What narcs may do ... or what can literally be found in three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 47% | IMAGINARYNUMBER | 15 | What ends each of five answers in this puzzle, in a way? |
| 47% | MAGAZINES | 9 | What the starts of the answers to the eight starred clues are |
| 47% | ANAGRAMS | 8 | What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading to 27 possible solutions to this puzzle |
| 47% | AFTERTHOUGHT | 12 | “P.S.” comment ... or where the ends of eight answers in this puzzle might appear? |