| 100% | TACOTUESDAY | 11 | What this puzzle is celebrating, judging by what's been "eaten" by the starred answers |
| 59% | OXYMORONS | 9 | What the answers to this puzzle's starred clues all are |
| 56% | FULLCOUNT | 9 | 3-2 ... or what's represented by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 55% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 55% | CASTAVOTE | 9 | What many Americans will do on 17-Across (as hinted at by highlighting all the V's in this puzzle's answer) |
| 53% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 52% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | What’s spelled out by the starts of six answers in this puzzle |
| 51% | CALORIES | 8 | What's been added to the starred answers |
| 50% | DISAPPEARINGINK | 15 | Liquid evidenced by the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 49% | SCRAMBLES | 9 | What all the answers on this puzzle's 37-Across are to each other |
| 49% | PALINDROMICWORD | 15 | What every answer on the perimeter of this puzzle is |
| 49% | DRINK | 5 | What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
| 49% | ANYTAKERS | 9 | "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them |
| 48% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 48% | CHINESE | 7 | Language that's the source of the words answered by this puzzle's starred clues |
| 48% | ATSEA | 5 | Clueless ... or where the answers to this puzzle's starred clues were all first used |
| 47% | SHAKESPEAREPLAY | 15 | What the film answering each starred clue was inspired by |
| 47% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 47% | KEEPMEPOSTED | 12 | "I want to stay informed!," or what might be said by the answers to the starred clues? |
| 47% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |
| 47% | DEPART | 6 | What the last words of eight key answers in this puzzle are slangy synonyms of |
| 47% | CUTTINGTHECARDS | 15 | Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual … or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 47% | PISAITALY | 9 | Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 47% | OPPOSITESATTRACT | 16 | Saying about compatible partners … as suggested by the starts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 47% | SPINCLASSES | 11 | Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 47% | FORTHRIGHT | 10 | Straight to the point … or, homophonically, what this answer is relative to this puzzle? |
| 46% | CLOCKWISE | 9 | How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across |
| 46% | MYTHS | 5 | The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? |
| 46% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |