| 100% | GOBIDESERT | 10 | What the Tibetan Plateau caused to form |
| 45% | LYING | 5 | What causes the circled letters to grow? |
| 43% | LAVA | 4 | What causes the night sky to glow around Mauna Loa |
| 43% | ZIPFILE | 7 | Compressed data ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues form? |
| 41% | CORIOLISFORCE | 13 | What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
| 41% | WRONG | 5 | With 7-Across, what might cause the GPS to say "calculating route" |
| 40% | ASIA | 4 | Continent that's home to the Tibetan Plateau |
| 39% | YAK | 3 | Bovine from the Tibetan plateau |
| 39% | LHASA | 5 | City of the Tibetan Plateau |
| 39% | LHASA | 5 | Capital on the Tibetan Plateau |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | With 63-Across, what (in abbreviated form) has been added to the long Down answers |
| 38% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | KUNLUN | 6 | Mystical Chinese mountains of the Tibetan Plateau |
| 38% | YAK | 3 | Long-haired bovine in the Tibetan Plateau |
| 38% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 38% | TRIO | 4 | What the Three Musketeers form |
| 38% | PRESS | 5 | What the Gazette goes to |
| 38% | QINGHAI | 7 | Largest lake in China, in the Tibetan Plateau |
| 37% | WOODSTOCK | 9 | Aquarian event at Yasgur's farm, and a hint to what's formed by the circled letters |
| 37% | OLDSCORES | 9 | What the vengeful seek to settle |
| 37% | COPPERCOIN | 10 | What the penny used to be |
| 37% | BICYCLEPUMPS | 12 | What the messenger wore to work? |
| 37% | MOVIESHORTS | 11 | What the actor wore to work? |
| 37% | DUSTJACKET | 10 | What the housekeeper wore to work? |
| 37% | RAILROADTIE | 11 | What the conductor wore to work? |
| 37% | GARDENHOSE | 10 | What the groundskeeper wore to work? |
| 37% | SMARTYPANTS | 11 | What the scholar wore to work? |
| 37% | SLAY | 4 | Cause to roll in the aisles |
| 37% | LHASA | 5 | Second-most populous urban area of the Tibetan Plateau |
| 37% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Hierarchical system … or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end |